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River Flood Warning 93, NWS Memphis, TN

June 19, 2025Fayette County, Shelby County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Jun 19, 2025, 8:45 AM CDT for Fayette County, Shelby County, Tennessee. It took effect at Jun 19, 2025, 12:13 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2025, 8:45 AM CDT (13:45 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 19, 2025, 12:13 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 19, 2025, 8:05 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Fayette County, TN, Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Loosahatchie River at Arlington (ARLT1). The gauge peaked at 21.12 ft at Jun 20, 2025, 3:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07030240, 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 Jun 19, 6:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 6:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
640 AM CDT Thu Jun 19 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0636 AM     Flash Flood      2 ENE Downtown Memphis  35.14N 90.02W
06/19/2025                   Shelby             TN   Broadcast Media

            I-240 at Jefferson Rd is completely flooded.

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:53 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:39 AM CDT, 6 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
Jun 18, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	38 min
Jun 18, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	36 min
Jun 18, 10:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dyer, Lake	41 min
Jun 18, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	24 min
Jun 18, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	47 min
Jun 18, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	39 min
Jun 18, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	47 min
Jun 19, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	49 min
Jun 19, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Tipton	40 min
Jun 19, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	43 min
Jun 19, 12:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	33 min
Jun 19, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Tipton	38 min
Jun 19, 12:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Crockett, Henderson, Madison	33 min
Jun 19, 1:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	5 hr
Jun 19, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	47 min
Jun 19, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Madison	46 min
Jun 19, 2:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tipton	30 min
Jun 19, 2:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester, Henderson	24 min
Jun 19, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	51 min
Jun 19, 2:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Haywood	39 min
Jun 19, 2:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	39 min
Jun 19, 3:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Tipton	66 min
Jun 19, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	49 min
Jun 19, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	50 min
Jun 19, 4:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Tipton	3 hr
Jun 19, 4:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby, Tipton	37 min
Jun 19, 5:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Tipton	3 hr
Jun 19, 5:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby, Tipton	2 hr
Jun 19, 5:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	69 min
Jun 19, 6:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	96 min
Jun 19, 7:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	42 min
Jun 19, 7:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Tipton	3 hr
Jun 19, 7:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Tipton	3 hr
Jun 19, 7:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby, Tipton	64 min
Jun 18, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tunica	48 min
Jun 18, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tunica	38 min
Jun 18, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tunica	33 min
Jun 19, 8:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Yalobusha	36 min
Jun 19, 2:25 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica	30 hr
Jun 19, 3:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tate, Tunica	15 hr
Jun 18, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee	42 min
Jun 18, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee	38 min
Jun 18, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis	47 min
Jun 18, 9:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead	33 min
Jun 18, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross	27 min
Jun 18, 11:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Poinsett	35 min
Jun 18, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Poinsett	50 min
Jun 19, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene	49 min
Jun 19, 3:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett	3 hr
Jun 19, 4:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Poinsett	43 min

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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.