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River Flood Warning 67, NWS Memphis, TN

March 12, 2020Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2020, 12:05 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 20, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 43 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2020, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 20, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 2, 2020, 11:05 AM CDT
In force: 43 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

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 17:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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 Mar 12, 7:02 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 7:02 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 11:49 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 12, 9:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 12, 10:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 12, 11:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 12, 11:35 AM CDT, 30 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
Mar 12, 12:11 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Tunica	15 days
Mar 12, 9:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lake	51 min
Mar 12, 10:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lake, Obion	45 min
Mar 12, 11:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dyer, Weakley	29 min
Mar 12, 11:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Weakley	23 min
Mar 12, 11:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lake, Obion	40 min
Mar 12, 11:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion	34 min
Mar 12, 12:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale	45 days
Mar 12, 12:11 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Lake	7 days
Mar 12, 12:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Obion, Weakley	27 min
Mar 12, 12:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry	24 min
Mar 12, 12:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry	28 min
Mar 12, 1:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Obion	25 min
Mar 12, 1:25 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Decatur, Hardin	3 days
Mar 12, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead	48 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2020 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.