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River Flood Warning 78, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at May 17, 2013, 2:37 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 20, 2013, 8:12 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2013, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 20, 2013, 8:12 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 21, 2013, 10:58 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 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 19:38 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 12.76 ft at May 21, 2013, 1:00 AM 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 May 17, 12:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 12:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2:36 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 4 days |
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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.