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River Flood Warning 86, NWS Memphis, TN

March 7, 2019Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 7, 2019, 6:49 PM CST for Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 9, 2019, 8:30 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2019, 6:49 PM CST (00:49 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 9, 2019, 8:30 PM CST
Expired
Mar 10, 2019, 3:21 PM CDT
In force
18 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 00:47 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 Tombigbee River near Amory (AMYM6). The gauge peaked at 16.09 ft at Mar 10, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
19 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02437000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 6:49 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGMonroe67 hr
Mar 8, 2:27 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGLowndes, Monroe5 days
Mar 8, 11:01 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Lauderdale70 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2019Every 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.