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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

January 3, 2020Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Jan 3, 2020, 11:12 AM CST for Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 7, 2020, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2020, 11:12 AM CST (17:12 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 7, 2020, 9:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 8, 2020, 10:38 AM CST
In force: 26 hr
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 17:13 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 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 Jan 2, 5:30 PM CST, 17 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 5:30 PM CST, 17 hours 42 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
Jan 3, 11:22 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto	5 days
Jan 3, 11:25 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Tunica	21 days

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.