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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Memphis, TN

April 11, 2015Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 11, 2015, 8:52 PM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2015, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2015, 2:03 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 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 Tombigbee River near Amory (AMYM6). The gauge peaked at 19.49 ft at Apr 10, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02437000, 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 Apr 11, 8:50 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 8:50 PM CDT, 2 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
Apr 11, 8:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	3 days
Apr 11, 8:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	9 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.