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River Flood Warning 104, NWS Memphis, TN

April 7, 2019Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 7, 2019, 8:54 AM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at Apr 8, 2019, 3:04 PM CDT. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 7, 2019, 8:54 AM CDT (13:54 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 8, 2019, 3:04 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 10, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 55 hr
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 13:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tombigbee River at Bigbee (BGBM6). The gauge peaked at 13.21 ft at Apr 9, 2019, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02433500, 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 7, 6:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 6:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 4:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 7:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 7, 8:11 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 7, 8:15 AM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 7, 8:31 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 7, 8:54 AM CDT, 0 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 6, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	34 min
Apr 6, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	45 min
Apr 6, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	38 min
Apr 6, 8:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	DeSoto	9 min
Apr 6, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall	48 min
Apr 6, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Marshall, Tate	30 min
Apr 6, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall	32 min
Apr 6, 9:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Marshall	41 min
Apr 7, 7:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Yalobusha	39 min
Apr 7, 8:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union	49 min
Apr 7, 8:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss, Tishomingo	32 min
Apr 7, 8:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	3 days
Apr 7, 8:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	5 days
Apr 7, 9:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Quitman, Tallahatchie	43 min
Apr 7, 10:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Quitman	3 days
Apr 7, 10:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	21 days
Apr 7, 10:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	21 days
Apr 7, 10:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Quitman	47 hr
Apr 7, 10:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Coahoma	42 min
Apr 7, 10:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Quitman	46 min
Apr 7, 10:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee	26 min
Apr 7, 11:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tallahatchie	25 min
Apr 7, 11:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Panola, Quitman	25 min
Apr 7, 11:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Panola	38 min
Apr 7, 12:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette	31 min
Apr 7, 1:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chickasaw	52 min
Apr 7, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	28 min
Apr 7, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Union	43 min
Apr 7, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	48 min
Apr 7, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	33 min
Apr 7, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tallahatchie	44 min
Apr 6, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Haywood	46 min
Apr 6, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	44 min
Apr 6, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester, Henderson, Madison	47 min
Apr 6, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll, Decatur, Henderson	53 min
Apr 7, 7:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	44 min
Apr 7, 7:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	51 min
Apr 7, 7:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
Apr 7, 8:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	30 min
Apr 7, 8:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	29 min
Apr 7, 8:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, Henderson	51 min
Apr 6, 8:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, Phillips	35 min
Apr 7, 6:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	St. Francis	28 min
Apr 7, 6:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crittenden	32 min
Apr 7, 7:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	33 min
Apr 7, 9:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Mississippi	50 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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.