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River Flood Warning 64, NWS Memphis, TN

February 20, 2019Calhoun County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 20, 2019, 10:46 AM CST for Calhoun County, Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 20, 2019, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2019, 10:46 AM CST (16:46 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 20, 2019, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 21, 2019, 3:55 AM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Calhoun County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 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 Yalobusha River at Calhoun City (CCTM6).

Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
23 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07282000, 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 19, 11:24 AM CST, 23 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 11:24 AM CST, 23 hours 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 10:57 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCoahoma, Tate48 min
Feb 20, 2:40 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGLafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha2 hr
Feb 20, 3:37 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union113 min
Feb 20, 4:01 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tippah119 min
Feb 20, 4:06 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchMEGAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more9 hr
Feb 20, 4:38 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss and 1 more112 min
Feb 20, 4:42 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo2 hr
Feb 20, 7:27 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union2 hr
Feb 20, 7:31 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGAlcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo119 min
Feb 20, 8:51 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc3 hr
Feb 20, 9:36 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGAlcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo and 1 more114 min
Feb 20, 9:42 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Pontotoc, Yalobusha3 hr
Feb 20, 10:30 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGTate, Tunica10 hr
Feb 20, 11:40 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 3 more6 hr
Feb 20, 1:06 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGCalhoun17 hr
Feb 20, 3:34 PM CSTFlash Flood WatchMEGAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more3 days
Feb 20, 4:07 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson113 min

Nearby

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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.