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River Flood Warning 74, NWS Memphis, TN

May 4, 2013Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2013, 6:31 AM CDT for Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 6, 2013, 6:08 AM CDT. It was in force for 53 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2013, 6:31 AM CDT (11:31 UTC)
In effect from
May 6, 2013, 6:08 AM CDT
Expired
May 8, 2013, 10:47 AM CDT
In force
53 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 11:35 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 Buttahatchie River near Aberdeen (ABDM6).

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 12:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGDyer47 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.