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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Memphis, TN

February 6, 2008Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 6, 2008, 10:42 AM CST for Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 8, 2008, 7:30 AM CST. It was in force for 52 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 6, 2008, 10:42 AM CST (16:42 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 8, 2008, 7:30 AM CST
Expired: Feb 10, 2008, 11:26 AM CST
In force: 52 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lowndes County, MS, Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Buttahatchie River near Aberdeen (ABDM6).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 13 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 02439400, 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 Feb 6, 4:30 AM CST, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 4:30 AM CST, 6 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 3:58 AM CST, 6 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 6, 9:22 AM CST, 1 hour 20 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
Feb 5, 6:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union	27 min
Feb 5, 6:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	32 min
Feb 5, 6:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Tippah	32 min
Feb 5, 6:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Marshall	36 min
Feb 5, 6:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Tippah	35 min
Feb 5, 8:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	41 min
Feb 5, 9:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	33 min
Feb 5, 9:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	34 min
Feb 5, 9:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica	37 min
Feb 5, 10:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	37 min
Feb 5, 10:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	62 min
Feb 5, 10:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	48 min
Feb 5, 11:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union	47 min
Feb 5, 11:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo	62 min
Feb 6, 1:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Monroe	22 min
Feb 5, 6:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Shelby	44 min
Feb 5, 6:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Henry	20 min
Feb 5, 6:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	MEG	Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Madison	40 min
Feb 5, 7:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Madison	38 min
Feb 5, 7:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Madison	31 min
Feb 5, 7:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	35 min
Feb 5, 7:27 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	McNairy	63 min
Feb 5, 7:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, Henderson, Madison	36 min
Feb 5, 7:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	MEG	Carroll, Henry	33 min
Feb 5, 7:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardin	17 min
Feb 5, 8:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll, Henderson, Madison	25 min
Feb 5, 8:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester	8 min
Feb 5, 8:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Decatur, Henderson	33 min
Feb 5, 8:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Hardin	60 min
Feb 5, 9:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer	42 min
Feb 5, 9:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake, Obion	53 min
Feb 5, 9:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Shelby	28 min
Feb 5, 9:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	40 min
Feb 5, 9:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Obion	49 min
Feb 5, 9:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale, Tipton	44 min
Feb 5, 9:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer	44 min
Feb 5, 10:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson	44 min
Feb 5, 10:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Haywood, Tipton	40 min
Feb 5, 10:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	51 min
Feb 5, 10:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardeman, McNairy	25 min
Feb 5, 10:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Henry	61 min
Feb 5, 10:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll	18 min
Feb 5, 10:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, McNairy	50 min
Feb 5, 10:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Madison	45 min
Feb 5, 10:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	41 min
Feb 5, 11:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Decatur, Henderson	56 min
Feb 5, 6:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Cross, Lee, St. Francis	42 min
Feb 5, 6:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Randolph	50 min
Feb 5, 7:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	45 min
Feb 5, 7:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett	44 min
Feb 5, 7:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	St. Francis	27 min
Feb 5, 7:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	45 min
Feb 5, 7:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Poinsett	44 min
Feb 5, 7:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	16 min
Feb 5, 8:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett	61 min
Feb 5, 8:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett	44 min
Feb 5, 8:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	37 min
Feb 5, 8:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips	45 min
Feb 5, 8:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, St. Francis	56 min
Feb 5, 8:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	31 min
Feb 5, 9:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett	48 min

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.