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River Flood Advisory 11, NWS Memphis, TN

January 18, 2016Coahoma County, Tunica County, Mississippi; Lee County, Phillips County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood advisory at Jan 18, 2016, 7:19 PM CST for Coahoma County, Tunica County, Mississippi; Lee County, Phillips County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 18, 2016, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 2016, 7:19 PM CST (01:19 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2016, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 22, 2016, 10:18 PM CST
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, Tunica County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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 Mississippi River at Helena (HEEA4).

Action stage
40 ft
Minor stage
44 ft
Moderate stage
50 ft
Major stage
55 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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
Jan 19, 3:17 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more31 hr
Jan 19, 11:10 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGDyer, Lake, Lauderdale4 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Mississippi, 2016River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2016Every river flood advisory in 2016

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.