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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Memphis, TN

February 10, 2020Dyer County, Gibson County, Obion County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 10, 2020, 8:04 PM CST for Dyer County, Gibson County, Obion County, Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 12, 2020, 9:25 AM CST. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 10, 2020, 8:04 PM CST (02:04 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 12, 2020, 9:25 AM CST
Expired: Mar 2, 2020, 8:04 PM CST
In force: 19 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Obion County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Obion River near Obion (OBNT1). The gauge peaked at 34.90 ft at Feb 15, 2020, 5:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 29 ft
Minor stage: 34 ft
Moderate stage: 38.5 ft
Major stage: 43 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07026040, 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 10, 5:50 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 5:50 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 3:47 AM CST, 16 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 10, 7:55 PM CST, 9 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 10, 7:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tate, Tunica	41 hr
Feb 10, 9:37 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 1 more	8 hr
Feb 11, 8:25 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lee	5 hr
Feb 11, 10:45 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	21 days
Feb 11, 2:30 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	6 hr
Feb 11, 1:39 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Benton, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	27 hr
Feb 11, 10:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	71 hr

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.