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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Memphis, TN

February 7, 2020Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 7, 2020, 11:42 AM CST for Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 11, 2020, 4:30 AM CST. It was in force for 24 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 7, 2020, 11:42 AM CST (17:42 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 11, 2020, 4:30 AM CST
Expired
Mar 6, 2020, 3:54 PM CST
In force
24 days
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Lauderdale County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Osceola (OSGA4).

Action stage
24 ft
Minor stage
28 ft
Moderate stage
31 ft
Major stage
35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 7:27 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMEGAlcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Prentiss, Tate and 4 more13 hr
Feb 7, 11:42 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Lauderdale28 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2020River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2020Every 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.