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River Flood Warning 65, NWS Memphis, TN

April 4, 2025Dyer County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2025, 12:19 PM CDT for Dyer County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 6, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 2025, 12:19 PM CDT (17:19 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 6, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 26, 2025, 3:44 PM CDT
In force
20 days
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 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 Caruthersville (CRTM7).

Action stage
29 ft
Minor stage
32 ft
Moderate stage
41 ft
Major stage
43 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 4, 6:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 6:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGFayette37 min
Apr 3, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Madison51 min
Apr 3, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake, Obion49 min
Apr 3, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson and 2 more51 min
Apr 3, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLake18 min
Apr 3, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMEGBenton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson20 min
Apr 3, 9:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGHardeman7 days
Apr 3, 11:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGFayette, Shelby4 days
Apr 3, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLauderdale38 min
Apr 4, 12:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Obion78 min
Apr 4, 12:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHenry24 min
Apr 4, 12:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton24 days
Apr 4, 12:21 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGLake21 days
Apr 4, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman39 min
Apr 4, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman47 min
Apr 4, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Hardeman, McNairy11 min
Apr 3, 10:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGQuitman6 days
Apr 4, 10:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGMonroe3 days
Apr 4, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGLowndes, Monroe6 days
Apr 4, 11:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGTallahatchie57 hr
Apr 4, 11:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGTallahatchie4 days
Apr 4, 11:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Union4 days
Apr 4, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGQuitman17 days
Apr 3, 7:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGClay, Greene14 min
Apr 3, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGGreene28 min
Apr 3, 7:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGClay, Greene3 hr
Apr 3, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Greene49 min
Apr 3, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGGreene13 min
Apr 3, 8:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLee24 min
Apr 3, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCrittenden30 min
Apr 3, 9:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGLee, St. Francis24 days
Apr 3, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCrittenden31 min
Apr 3, 9:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCrittenden24 min
Apr 3, 9:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPoinsett24 min
Apr 3, 9:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCross35 min
Apr 3, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCraighead31 min
Apr 3, 10:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCraighead, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett3 hr
Apr 4, 1:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLee41 min
Apr 4, 7:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGClay3 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.