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River Flood Warning 91, NWS Memphis, TN

December 8, 2009Quitman County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 8, 2009, 8:39 PM CST for Quitman County, Mississippi. It took effect at Dec 10, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 8, 2009, 8:39 PM CST (02:39 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 10, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 10, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity: Minor

County Quitman County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Coldwater River at Marks (MKSM6).

Action stage: 35 ft
Minor stage: 39 ft
Moderate stage: 41 ft
Major stage: 43 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07275950, 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 Dec 8, 5:35 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 5:35 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 6:08 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 8, 3:55 PM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
355 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0354 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HERNANDO                34.83N 89.99W
12/08/2009                   DESOTO             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PINE TREE LOOP UNPASSABLE...BARRICADES BEING SET UP

&&

DSV

Local storm report, Dec 8, 4:17 PM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
417 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0354 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HERNANDO                34.83N 89.99W
12/08/2009                   DESOTO             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PINE TREE LOOP UNPASSABLE...BARRICADES BEING SET UP

0414 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BOLIVAR                 35.26N 89.00W
12/08/2009                   HARDEMAN           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            VERY HIGH WATER ON HWY 18N NEAR THE HATCHIE RIVER...AND
            HWY 125S NEAR HANNIS RD. BOTH OF THESE LOCATIONS ARE
            QUICKLY BECOMING IMPASSABLE.

&&

DSV

Local storm report, Dec 8, 4:29 PM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
429 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0354 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HERNANDO                34.83N 89.99W
12/08/2009                   DESOTO             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PINE TREE LOOP UNPASSABLE...BARRICADES BEING SET UP

0414 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BOLIVAR                 35.26N 89.00W
12/08/2009                   HARDEMAN           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            VERY HIGH WATER ON HWY 18N NEAR THE HATCHIE RIVER...AND
            HWY 125S NEAR HANNIS RD. BOTH OF THESE LOCATIONS ARE
            QUICKLY BECOMING IMPASSABLE.

0423 PM     FLASH FLOOD      6 NE GERMANTOWN         35.15N 89.72W
12/08/2009                   SHELBY             TN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            WATER OVERFLOWING FROM COULEES AND DITCHES ONTO THE
            ROADWAY AT THESE LOCATIONS...WALNUT GROVE AND ROCK
            CREEK...HUMPHREYS AND HOUSTON LEVEE...AND SEVERAL
            LOCATIONS ON MACON ROAD...EAST OF PISGAH. PASSAGE THROUGH
            THESE AREAS BECOMING VERY DANGEROUS.

&&

DSV

Local storm report, Dec 8, 5:01 PM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
501 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0218 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HENDERSON               35.44N 88.65W
12/08/2009                   CHESTER            TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE AMOUNTS OF STREET FLOODING AND POOLING OF WATER ON
            ROADWAYS IN HENDERSON

0354 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HERNANDO                34.83N 89.99W
12/08/2009                   DESOTO             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PINE TREE LOOP UNPASSABLE...BARRICADES BEING SET UP

0414 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BOLIVAR                 35.26N 89.00W
12/08/2009                   HARDEMAN           TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            VERY HIGH WATER ON HWY 18N NEAR THE HATCHIE RIVER...AND
            HWY 125S NEAR HANNIS RD. BOTH OF THESE LOCATIONS ARE
            QUICKLY BECOMING IMPASSABLE.

0423 PM     FLASH FLOOD      6 NE GERMANTOWN         35.15N 89.72W
12/08/2009                   SHELBY             TN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            WATER OVERFLOWING FROM COULEES AND DITCHES ONTO THE
            ROADWAY AT THESE LOCATIONS...WALNUT GROVE AND ROCK
            CREEK...HUMPHREYS AND HOUSTON LEVEE...AND SEVERAL
            LOCATIONS ON MACON ROAD...EAST OF PISGAH. PASSAGE THROUGH
            THESE AREAS BECOMING VERY DANGEROUS.

0444 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 WNW ARLINGTON         35.31N 89.75W
12/08/2009                   SHELBY             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY RUNOFF OF WATER ON BRUNSWICK RD...BETWEEN THE
            CITIES OF MILLINGTON AND ARLINGTON

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DSV

Local storm report, Dec 8, 5:13 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 8, 5:45 PM CST, 2 hours 54 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
Dec 8, 6:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	26 min
Dec 8, 6:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Union	18 min
Dec 8, 8:39 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Quitman	37 hr
Dec 8, 10:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	39 min
Dec 8, 7:17 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Madison	4 days
Dec 8, 7:28 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur	3 hr
Dec 8, 8:01 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	6 days
Dec 8, 8:01 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	12 hr
Dec 9, 5:53 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more	6 hr

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.