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River Flood Warning 65, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Aug 24, 2008, 9:23 AM CDT for Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at Aug 28, 2008, 5:48 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2008, 9:23 AM CDT (14:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 28, 2008, 5:48 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2008, 9:58 AM CDT
- In force
- 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 14:23 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). The gauge peaked at 6.92 ft at Aug 26, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT.
- 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 Aug 24, 3:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 3:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 24, 6:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Clay, Greene | 116 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.