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River Flood Warning 57, NWS Memphis, TN

September 21, 2009Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Sep 21, 2009, 10:17 AM CDT for Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at Sep 23, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 21, 2009, 10:17 AM CDT (15:17 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 23, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 22, 2009, 9:49 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 15:18 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 10.85 ft at Sep 23, 2009, 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 Sep 21, 6:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 6:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 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
Sep 21, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica	40 min
Sep 21, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tunica	46 min
Sep 21, 2:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	St. Francis	102 min
Sep 21, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	49 min
Sep 21, 4:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead	114 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2009 Every 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.