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River Flood Warning 121, NWS Memphis, TN

April 14, 2019Lafayette County, Marshall County, Union County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2019, 2:25 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Marshall County, Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2019, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2019, 12:38 PM CDT
In force: 22 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 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Tallahatchie River at Etta (ETAM6). The gauge peaked at 26.04 ft at Apr 14, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT.

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 Apr 14, 12:25 PM CDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 12:25 PM CDT, 2 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 3:53 AM CDT, 10 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 11:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 11:50 AM CDT, 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
Apr 13, 7:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	DeSoto	4 hr
Apr 13, 8:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Yalobusha	22 min
Apr 13, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun	36 min
Apr 13, 9:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman	3 hr
Apr 13, 9:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MEG	Chickasaw	27 min
Apr 13, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chickasaw, Pontotoc	36 min
Apr 13, 10:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Pontotoc, Union	39 min
Apr 13, 10:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tate, Tunica	29 hr
Apr 13, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	43 min
Apr 13, 10:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union	4 hr
Apr 13, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Union	28 min
Apr 13, 11:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	39 min
Apr 13, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, Prentiss	50 min
Apr 13, 11:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	3 hr
Apr 13, 11:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	MEG	Itawamba, Tishomingo	24 min
Apr 13, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Monroe	42 min
Apr 14, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	44 min
Apr 14, 12:06 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	13 days
Apr 14, 2:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lake	37 days
Apr 14, 2:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Obion	7 days
Apr 14, 3:02 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 6 more	17 hr

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.