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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Memphis, TN

May 18, 2015Tate County, Tunica County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at May 18, 2015, 7:46 AM CDT for Tate County, Tunica County, Mississippi. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2015, 7:46 AM CDT (12:46 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2015, 2:51 AM CDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS

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.

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 18, 6:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 6:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 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
May 17, 8:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo	3 hr
May 18, 12:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	3 hr
May 18, 12:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	3 hr
May 18, 1:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Quitman	45 hr
May 18, 1:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Union	18 hr
May 18, 1:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	31 hr
May 17, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay, Greene	40 min

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.