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River Flood Warning 60, NWS Memphis, TN

October 13, 2009Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Oct 13, 2009, 9:42 AM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at Oct 14, 2009, 4:39 AM CDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2009, 9:42 AM CDT (14:42 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 14, 2009, 4:39 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 15, 2009, 9:44 AM CDT
In force
29 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 14:42 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 Tombigbee River near Amory (AMYM6). The gauge peaked at 24.40 ft at Oct 14, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 10:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMEGAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more15 hr

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.