Alert archive / Mississippi / River Flood Warnings in 2013
River Flood Warning 10, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Jan 12, 2013, 3:42 PM CST for Calhoun County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 13, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2013, 3:42 PM CST (21:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 13, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2013, 11:43 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Calhoun County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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 Skuna River at Bruce (BRCM6).
- Action stage
- 30 ft
- Minor stage
- 31 ft
- Moderate stage
- 34 ft
- Major stage
- 38 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07283000, 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 Jan 12, 12:38 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 12:38 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 4:57 AM CST, 10 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 457 AM CST SAT JAN 12 2013 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-131300- 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- 457 AM CST SAT JAN 12 2013 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 FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM DYERSBURG TO MEMPHIS TO CLARKSDALE, MS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH A POTENTIAL FOR PERHAPS A TORNADO. ADDITIONALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE MIDSOUTH FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING SUNDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS...RAIN COULD SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO RAIN EACH DAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM. NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 3:37 PM CST, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
337 PM CST SAT JAN 12 2013
ARZ008-009-017-122215-
CLAY AR-LAWRENCE AR-RANDOLPH AR-
337 PM CST SAT JAN 12 2013
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WAS LOCATED 4
MILES SOUTH OF ANNIEVILLE AT 337 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
PEOPLE IN CLAY...LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS
NEAR BLACK ROCK...HOXIE...LAKE CHARLES STATE PARK...POCAHONTAS AND
WALNUT RIDGE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3621 9136 3626 9132 3625 9127 3631 9127
3651 9108 3650 9059 3588 9111 3588 9136
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 227DEG 46KT 3612 9123The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 10:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 12, 10:17 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 49 hr |
| Jan 12, 10:17 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Union | 49 hr |
| Jan 12, 10:17 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 25 hr |
| Jan 12, 10:17 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 7 days |
| Jan 12, 10:17 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 5 days |
| Jan 12, 10:17 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lowndes, Monroe | 9 days |
| Jan 12, 3:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 38 min |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2013Every river flood warning in 2013
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.