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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Memphis, TN

January 12, 2020Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Jan 12, 2020, 8:57 AM CST for Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 14, 2020, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2020, 8:57 AM CST (14:57 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 14, 2020, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 15, 2020, 10:07 AM CST
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lee County, AR, St. Francis County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point L'Anguille River at Palestine (PLGA4). The gauge peaked at 24.84 ft at Jan 14, 2020, 3:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 29 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07047950, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jan 11, 5:54 PM CST, 15 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 5:54 PM CST, 15 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 3:04 PM CST, 17 hours 53 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 12:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun	10 hr
Jan 12, 5:29 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Madison	26 hr
Jan 12, 8:35 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Mississippi, Poinsett	7 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.