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River Flood Warning 73, NWS Memphis, TN

May 3, 2013Tate County, Tunica County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at May 3, 2013, 3:10 PM CDT for Tate County, Tunica County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 3, 2013, 6:05 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2013, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
In effect from
May 3, 2013, 6:05 PM CDT
Expired
May 4, 2013, 1:31 PM CDT
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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 Coldwater River near Sarah (SARM6).

Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07279700, 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, 10:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGQuitman60 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

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.