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River Flood Warning 72, NWS Memphis, TN

March 15, 2020Decatur County, Hardin County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 15, 2020, 1:43 PM CDT for Decatur County, Hardin County, Tennessee. It took effect at Mar 16, 2020, 12:16 PM CDT. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 2020, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 16, 2020, 12:16 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 18, 2020, 1:19 PM CDT
In force: 49 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Decatur County, TN, Hardin County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tennessee River at Savannah (SAVT1).

Action stage: 365 ft
Minor stage: 370 ft
Moderate stage: 375 ft
Major stage: 388 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03593500, 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 15, 12:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 12:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 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 15, 11:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tate, Tunica	3 hr
Mar 15, 3:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
Mar 15, 6:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	7 hr
Mar 15, 6:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	29 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.