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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Memphis, TN

January 18, 2019Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Jan 18, 2019, 8:06 PM CST for Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 20, 2019, 5:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 18, 2019, 8:06 PM CST (02:06 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 20, 2019, 5:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 27, 2019, 9:47 PM CST
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lowndes County, MS, Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Buttahatchie River near Aberdeen (ABDM6). The gauge peaked at 16.28 ft at Jan 21, 2019, 10:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02439400, 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 Jan 18, 5:31 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 5:31 PM CST, 2 hours 35 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
Jan 19, 4:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tunica	36 min
Jan 19, 5:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	36 min
Jan 19, 5:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	DeSoto, Panola, Tate	51 min
Jan 19, 6:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate	30 min
Jan 19, 6:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola	34 min
Jan 19, 8:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	23 min
Jan 19, 11:56 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Marshall, Tate	34 min
Jan 19, 12:04 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tate, Tunica	24 hr
Jan 19, 3:38 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry and 4 more	23 hr
Jan 19, 5:22 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	38 min
Jan 19, 5:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	46 min
Jan 19, 12:04 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Obion	48 hr
Jan 19, 12:04 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Madison	8 hr
Jan 19, 12:04 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	24 hr
Jan 19, 4:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross, Lee, St. Francis	51 min
Jan 19, 4:36 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	24 min
Jan 19, 4:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crittenden	48 min

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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.