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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN

January 30, 2025Dyer County, Gibson County, Obion County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Jan 30, 2025, 4:32 PM CST for Dyer County, Gibson County, Obion County, Tennessee. It took effect at Jan 31, 2025, 2:40 AM CST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 30, 2025, 4:32 PM CST (22:32 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 31, 2025, 2:40 AM CST
Expired: Feb 6, 2025, 12:03 AM CST
In force: 6 days
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 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Obion River near Obion (OBNT1). The gauge peaked at 35.76 ft at Feb 3, 2025, 10:00 AM CST.

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 Jan 30, 2:33 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 2:33 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 30, 1:37 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 30, 3:51 PM CST, 41 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 30, 11:47 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	4 hr
Jan 30, 1:59 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion, Weakley	7 hr
Jan 30, 4:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	24 hr
Jan 30, 4:34 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	45 hr
Jan 30, 12:06 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Poinsett	4 hr
Jan 30, 12:43 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett	3 hr
Jan 30, 1:29 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	3 hr
Jan 30, 4:10 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	6 hr

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.