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River Flood Warning 77, NWS Memphis, TN

March 21, 2020Decatur County, Hardin County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 21, 2020, 1:37 PM CDT for Decatur County, Hardin County, Tennessee. It took effect at Mar 23, 2020, 6:49 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 21, 2020, 1:37 PM CDT (18:37 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 23, 2020, 6:49 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 3, 2020, 11:38 PM CDT
In force
11 days
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 18:42 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 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 20, 2:31 PM CDT, 23 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 2:31 PM CDT, 23 hours 6 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 11:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGDeSoto22 days
Mar 21, 11:14 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGCoahoma, Tunica4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 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.