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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Jan 14, 2020, 3:38 PM CST for DeSoto County, Mississippi; Shelby County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 21, 2020, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 54 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2020, 3:38 PM CST (21:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2020, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2020, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 54 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Crittenden County, AR, DeSoto County, MS, Shelby County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Memphis (MEMT1).
- Action stage
- 28 ft
- Minor stage
- 34 ft
- Moderate stage
- 40 ft
- Major stage
- 46 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07032000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 6:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Alcorn | 42 min |
| Jan 14, 2:46 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 3 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:46 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union | 3 hr |
| Jan 14, 4:26 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 4 hr |
| Jan 14, 6:35 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jan 14, 6:39 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Yalobusha | 2 hr |
| Jan 14, 10:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 9 hr |
| Jan 13, 6:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardin | 20 min |
| Jan 14, 12:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Decatur | 28 min |
| Jan 14, 12:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | McNairy | 30 min |
| Jan 14, 8:56 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale and 3 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.