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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Memphis, TN

March 23, 2013Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 23, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 25, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 67 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 25, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 28, 2013, 10:18 AM CDT
In force: 67 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lowndes County, MS, Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Buttahatchie River near Aberdeen (ABDM6). The gauge peaked at 15.05 ft at Mar 26, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02439400, 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 Mar 23, 8:59 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 8:59 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 8:51 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 23, 8:24 PM CDT, 36 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 24, 3:08 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more	19 hr
Mar 24, 10:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry, Weakley	37 min
Mar 24, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry	17 min
Mar 24, 11:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry	10 min
Mar 23, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw	49 min
Mar 23, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw	41 min
Mar 23, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	38 min
Mar 23, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Monroe	61 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2013 Every 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.