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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Memphis, TN

February 21, 2014Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 21, 2014, 11:17 AM CST for Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 22, 2014, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 21, 2014, 11:17 AM CST (17:17 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 22, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 25, 2014, 10:17 PM CST
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 17:17 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 15.69 ft at Feb 23, 2014, 9:00 PM CST.

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 Feb 21, 5:45 AM CST, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 5:45 AM CST, 5 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 21, 7:13 AM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 20, 6:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	45 min
Feb 20, 6:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	39 min
Feb 20, 6:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin, McNairy	34 min
Feb 20, 7:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin	45 min
Feb 20, 7:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc	60 min
Feb 20, 7:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Union	52 min
Feb 20, 7:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo	40 min
Feb 20, 7:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Tishomingo	23 min
Feb 20, 8:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	50 min
Feb 20, 8:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	35 min

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.