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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Memphis, TN

February 9, 20205 counties in Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 9, 2020, 1:55 PM CST for 5 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 9, 2020, 7:00 PM CST. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 9, 2020, 1:55 PM CST (19:55 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 9, 2020, 7:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 11, 2020, 1:34 PM CST
In force: 43 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Benton County, TN, Henry County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Stewart County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tennessee River at Johnsonville (NJNT1).

Action stage: 360 ft
Minor stage: 361.5 ft
Moderate stage: 366 ft
Major stage: 370 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03605000, 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 Feb 9, 11:38 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 11:38 AM CST, 2 hours 17 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
Feb 8, 6:49 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tunica	27 days
Feb 8, 7:22 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	7 days
Feb 9, 3:05 AM CST	Flood Watch	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	4 days
Feb 8, 6:47 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lake	22 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 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.