Alert archive / Tennessee / River Flood Warnings in 2023

River Flood Warning 55, NWS Memphis, TN

August 13, 2023Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Aug 13, 2023, 3:23 PM CDT for Crockett County, Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2023, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2023, 7:50 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 South Fork Forked Deer River near Halls (HLST1).

Action stage
8.5 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
13.5 ft
Major stage
16 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 Aug 12, 6:50 PM CDT, 20 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 6:50 PM CDT, 20 hours 33 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGBenton, Tippah38 min
Aug 13, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGAlcorn52 min
Aug 13, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTippah29 min
Aug 13, 3:17 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee and 8 more28 hr
Aug 13, 3:17 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryMEGAlcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Prentiss and 4 more28 hr
Aug 13, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPrentiss, Tishomingo37 min
Aug 13, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPrentiss, Tishomingo36 min
Aug 13, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPontotoc37 min
Aug 13, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCalhoun21 min
Aug 13, 11:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLauderdale, Tipton31 min
Aug 13, 12:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCarroll, Gibson34 min
Aug 13, 1:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGBenton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson, Henry34 min
Aug 13, 1:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGBenton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry and 3 more3 hr
Aug 13, 1:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGBenton, Decatur, Henderson47 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 2023Every 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.