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River Flood Warning 71, NWS Memphis, TN

April 15, 2022Madison County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 15, 2022, 8:50 AM CDT for Madison County, Tennessee. It took effect at Apr 16, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 66 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 2022, 8:50 AM CDT (13:50 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 16, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 19, 2022, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 66 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Madison County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Forked Deer River at Jackson (JKNT1).

Action stage: 32 ft
Minor stage: 34 ft
Moderate stage: 37.5 ft
Major stage: 39 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 Apr 15, 6:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 6:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 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
Apr 15, 2:03 PM CDT	Flood Watch	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	26 hr
Apr 15, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette, Union	29 min
Apr 15, 8:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	7 days
Apr 15, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale	5 days
Apr 15, 1:55 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Decatur, Hardin	8 days
Apr 15, 1:56 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Decatur, Perry	6 days
Apr 15, 1:57 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Benton, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	7 days

Nearby

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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.