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River Flood Warning 39, NWS Memphis, TN

March 24, 2023Dyer County, Gibson County, Obion County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 24, 2023, 9:31 AM CDT for Dyer County, Gibson County, Obion County, Tennessee. It took effect at Mar 24, 2023, 11:11 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 2023, 9:31 AM CDT (14:31 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 24, 2023, 11:11 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 25, 2023, 9:09 AM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Obion County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:35 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 Obion River near Obion (OBNT1). The gauge peaked at 33.13 ft at Mar 26, 2023, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 29 ft
Minor stage: 34 ft
Moderate stage: 38.5 ft
Major stage: 43 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07026040, 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 24, 7:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 7:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 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 24, 6:55 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	20 hr
Mar 24, 9:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer	24 hr
Mar 24, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	24 hr
Mar 24, 12:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Madison	21 hr
Mar 24, 2:12 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale	12 days
Mar 24, 12:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead	58 hr
Mar 24, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Cross, Greene, Poinsett	47 min
Mar 24, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett	46 min
Mar 24, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips, St. Francis	43 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2023 Every river flood warning in 2023

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.