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River Flood Advisory 10, NWS Memphis, TN

March 27, 2011Coahoma County, Tunica County, Mississippi; Lee County, Phillips County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood advisory at Mar 27, 2011, 11:30 AM CDT for Coahoma County, Tunica County, Mississippi; Lee County, Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 27, 2011, 11:30 AM CDT (16:30 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2011, 2:29 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, Tunica County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Helena (HEEA4).

Action stage: 40 ft
Minor stage: 44 ft
Moderate stage: 50 ft
Major stage: 55 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Mar 27, 10:36 AM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 10:36 AM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 4:14 AM CDT, 7 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 27, 10:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 27, 11:06 AM CDT, 24 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
Mar 26, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union	60 min
Mar 26, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo	60 min
Mar 26, 7:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah and 1 more	91 min
Mar 26, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Yalobusha	50 min
Mar 26, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union	35 min
Mar 26, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	61 min
Mar 26, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo	44 min
Mar 26, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	53 min
Mar 26, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	32 min
Mar 26, 11:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	35 min
Mar 27, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tishomingo	42 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Mississippi, 2011 River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2011 Every river flood advisory in 2011

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.