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River Flood Warning 76, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Oct 30, 2009, 11:04 AM CDT for Lafayette County, Marshall County, Union County, Mississippi. It took effect at Oct 31, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2009, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 31, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2009, 11:32 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 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 16:05 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 24.71 ft at Oct 31, 2009, 4:00 PM 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.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Oct 30, 9:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 9:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 354 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-311100- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 354 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 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 THUNDERSTORMS TODAY FOR NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST OF A HOLLY SPRINGS TO BATESVILLE TO CHARLESTON LINE. THE BEST TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO OCCUR WILL BE FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE...EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY...FOR FLOODING REPORTS AND IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
In the hours before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1029 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009 TNZ020-050>052-089-090-301600- CROCKETT TN-FAYETTE TN-GIBSON TN-HAYWOOD TN-MADISON TN-HARDEMAN TN- 1029 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... CROCKETT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... SOUTHWESTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... EASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... WESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF ALAMO TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF SOMERVILLE AT 1029 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN CROCKETT...FAYETTE...GIBSON...HARDEMAN...HAYWOOD AND MADISON COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BOLIVAR...BROWNSVILLE AND HUMBOLDT...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 10:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Quitman | 37 hr |
| Oct 29, 10:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 61 hr |
| Oct 29, 10:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 61 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Tunica | 12 hr |
| Oct 30, 11:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lowndes, Monroe | 5 days |
| Oct 30, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah, Union | 35 min |
| Oct 30, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc, Tippah, Union | 30 min |
| Oct 30, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 27 min |
| Oct 30, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 39 min |
| Oct 30, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 43 min |
| Oct 30, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 39 min |
| Oct 29, 10:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 36 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Tipton | 12 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 37 min |
| Oct 30, 11:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale | 5 days |
| Oct 30, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 29 min |
| Oct 30, 2:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur | 2 hr |
| Oct 29, 8:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Oct 29, 9:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 3 days |
| Oct 29, 9:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 38 hr |
| Oct 29, 9:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 8 days |
| Oct 29, 10:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead | 60 hr |
| Oct 30, 1:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Lawrence, Lee and 3 more | 11 hr |
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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.