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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Memphis, TN

February 11, 2018Lafayette County, Marshall County, Union County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 11, 2018, 6:35 AM CST for Lafayette County, Marshall County, Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2018, 6:35 AM CST (12:35 UTC)
Expired
Feb 11, 2018, 9:12 PM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Union County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:39 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 Little Tallahatchie River at Etta (ETAM6). The gauge peaked at 25.28 ft at Feb 11, 2018, 12:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
28 ft
Major stage
29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07268000, 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 10, 5:06 PM CST, 13 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 5:06 PM CST, 13 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 12:23 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGDecatur, Perry33 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018

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.