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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Memphis, TN

April 5, 2009Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 5, 2009, 8:48 AM CDT for Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at Apr 5, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2009, 8:48 AM CDT (13:48 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 5, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 6, 2009, 9:36 AM CDT
In force
21 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 13:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Buttahatchie River near Aberdeen (ABDM6). The gauge peaked at 13.05 ft at Apr 5, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT.

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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 Apr 5, 6:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 6:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 4:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
408 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009

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ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON-
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408 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON OVER
MOST OF WEST TENNESSEE. THE BEST TIME FRAME FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THIS AREA WILL BE FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS.

A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH TODAY. IN
ITS WAKE STRONG WIND WILL OCCUR ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDSOUTH MONDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY. A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 4:05 AM CDTFreeze WatchMEGAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more24 hr
Apr 5, 4:05 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMEGAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more24 hr
Apr 5, 11:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake, Obion19 min
Apr 5, 10:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Greene38 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

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.