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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Memphis, TN

May 2, 2009Lafayette County, Marshall County, Union County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at May 2, 2009, 8:12 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Marshall County, Union County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 3, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2009, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
In effect from: May 3, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 3, 2009, 8:11 PM CDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Union County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Tallahatchie River at Etta (ETAM6). The gauge peaked at 21.20 ft at May 3, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07268000, 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 7:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 7:32 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 7:33 PM CDT, 39 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
May 2, 8:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tate, Tunica	16 hr
May 2, 8:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	16 hr
May 2, 8:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	24 hr
May 2, 9:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	24 hr
May 2, 9:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	24 hr
May 2, 11:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica and 1 more	12 hr
May 3, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	8 days
May 3, 10:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and 2 more	8 hr
May 3, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur, Perry	9 days
May 3, 4:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur	6 hr
May 3, 4:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 3 more	6 hr
May 3, 6:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	4 hr

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.