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River Flood Warning 48, NWS Memphis, TN

February 12, 2019Tate County, Tunica County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 12, 2019, 8:49 AM CST for Tate County, Tunica County, Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 12, 2019, 10:33 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 12, 2019, 8:49 AM CST (14:49 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 12, 2019, 10:33 AM CST
Expired: Feb 12, 2019, 11:00 PM CST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Coldwater River near Sarah (SARM6).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07279700, 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 12, 5:35 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 5:35 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 5:24 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Memphis TN
524 AM CST Tue Feb 12 2019

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-131315-
Alcorn-Benton MS-Benton TN-Calhoun-Carroll-Chester-Chickasaw-Clay-
Coahoma-Craighead-Crittenden-Crockett-Cross-DeSoto-Decatur-
Dunklin-Dyer-Fayette-Gibson-Greene-Hardeman-Hardin-Haywood-
Henderson-Henry-Itawamba-Lafayette-Lake-Lauderdale-Lee AR-Lee MS-
Madison-Marshall-McNairy-Mississippi-Monroe-Obion-Panola-Pemiscot-
Phillips-Poinsett-Pontotoc-Prentiss-Quitman-Shelby-St. Francis-
Tallahatchie-Tate-Tippah-Tipton-Tishomingo-Tunica-Union-Weakley-
Yalobusha-
524 AM CST Tue Feb 12 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas...
the Missouri Bootheel...North Mississippi...and West Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Recent heavy rainfall will result in continued areal flooding and
river flooding for areas along and north of I-40.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

AC3

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 12, 8:30 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	38 hr
Feb 12, 8:32 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	29 hr
Feb 12, 11:55 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	DeSoto	45 days
Feb 12, 11:58 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	46 days
Feb 11, 8:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood and 6 more	6 hr
Feb 12, 2:31 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood and 6 more	6 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.