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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Memphis, TN

April 10, 2013Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 10, 2013, 10:56 AM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at Apr 11, 2013, 9:22 PM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 10, 2013, 10:56 AM CDT (15:56 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 11, 2013, 9:22 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 12, 2013, 8:47 PM CDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity: Minor

County Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 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 Tombigbee River near Amory (AMYM6).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02437000, 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 Apr 10, 10:06 AM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 10:06 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 3:47 AM CDT, 7 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
347 AM CDT WED APR 10 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>092-111100-
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-
347 AM CDT WED APR 10 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 WEATHER ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH THIS
EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL
BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. THERE
IS A SECONDARY FOR AN ISOLATED SHORT- LIVED TORNADO. THE BEST
TIMING AND AREA FOR THE TORNADO THREAT WILL BE IN THE EVENING
HOURS AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF A UNION CITY
TENNESSEE TO COFFEEVILLE MISSISSIPPI LINE. SMALL HAIL AND
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.

JAB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 10:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	56 hr

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.