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River Flood Warning 64, NWS Memphis, TN

October 13, 2009Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Oct 13, 2009, 9:03 PM 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, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 14, 2009, 4:39 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 15, 2009, 9:18 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 02:03 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 at Bigbee (BGBM6). The gauge peaked at 16.80 ft at Oct 14, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02433500, 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, 8:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGTallahatchie14 hr
Oct 13, 8:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGTallahatchie14 hr
Oct 13, 8:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Union14 hr
Oct 13, 8:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 2 more3 hr
Oct 13, 9:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGCalhoun14 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.