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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Memphis, TN

May 11, 2008Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at May 11, 2008, 1:25 PM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 11, 2008, 4:39 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2008, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
In effect from: May 11, 2008, 4:39 PM CDT
Expired: May 11, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity: Minor

County Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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 Tombigbee River near Amory (AMYM6). The gauge peaked at 19.60 ft at May 11, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02437000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 7:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Tunica	53 min
May 10, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tunica	48 min
May 10, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma	57 min
May 10, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	48 min
May 10, 8:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	4 hr
May 10, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	54 min
May 10, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie	52 min
May 10, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Prentiss, Tate and 2 more	47 min
May 10, 9:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tunica	4 hr
May 10, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall	50 min
May 10, 9:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Tate	46 min
May 10, 9:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Tate	4 hr
May 10, 9:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	41 min
May 10, 9:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah, Union	52 min
May 10, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	35 min
May 10, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc, Union	38 min
May 10, 10:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	47 min
May 10, 10:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo	43 min
May 10, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	36 min
May 10, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union	49 min
May 10, 10:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc and 4 more	3 hr
May 10, 10:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc, Yalobusha	48 min
May 10, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba	21 min
May 10, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	30 min
May 10, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba	15 min
May 10, 11:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Yalobusha	39 min
May 10, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	32 min
May 10, 11:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw	47 min
May 11, 12:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Yalobusha	42 min
May 11, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	40 min
May 11, 12:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw	30 min
May 11, 12:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	35 min
May 11, 3:08 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	12 hr
May 10, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	43 min
May 10, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	50 min
May 10, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby, Tipton	47 min
May 10, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton	47 min
May 10, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	40 min
May 10, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	45 min
May 10, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	52 min
May 10, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy	51 min
May 10, 9:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison and 2 more	6 hr
May 10, 9:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more	4 hr
May 10, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy, Madison	54 min
May 10, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin, McNairy	41 min
May 10, 7:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett	6 hr
May 10, 7:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis	4 hr
May 10, 8:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	32 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.