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River Flood Warning 71, NWS Memphis, TN

May 3, 2013Quitman County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at May 3, 2013, 10:03 AM CDT for Quitman County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 5, 2013, 12:36 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2013, 10:03 AM CDT (15:03 UTC)
In effect from
May 5, 2013, 12:36 AM CDT
Expired
May 5, 2013, 9:41 PM CDT
In force
21 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 15:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 12:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGShelby4 days
May 2, 10:23 PM CDTFlood WatchMEGCoahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica21 hr
May 3, 3:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGTate, Tunica22 hr
May 3, 9:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGCraighead36 hr
May 3, 9:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGSt. Francis12 hr
May 3, 9:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGMississippi, Poinsett36 hr

Nearby

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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.