Alert archive / Mississippi / River Flood Warnings in 2019
River Flood Warning 88, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 8, 2019, 2:27 PM CST for Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 11, 2019, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 57 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2019, 2:27 PM CST (20:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2019, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2019, 8:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 hr
- 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 20:26 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 Buttahatchie River near Aberdeen (ABDM6). The gauge peaked at 13.72 ft at Mar 12, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT.
- 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 Mar 8, 11:28 AM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 11:28 AM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 11:50 AM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Memphis TN 1150 AM CST Fri Mar 8 2019 ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-091200- 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- 1150 AM CST Fri Mar 8 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas... the Missouri Bootheel...North Mississippi...and West Tennessee. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Thunderstorms will develop along a warm front late tonight. Some storms could become severe with large hail along and north of Interstate 40. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday There is a enhanced risk of severe weather on Saturday north and west of a line from Clarksdale, MS to Paris, TN. There is a slight risk across the remainder of the forecast area. Damaging wind is the main threat. Secondary threats include a few tornadoes, large hail, and locally heavy rain. A strong tornado is possible, mainly north of I-40. Best chances for severe weather will start in the late morning through mid-afternoon. A wind advisory may be needed across Eastern Arkansas and the Missouri Bootheel on Saturday. There is the possibility of heavy rainfall Wednesday into Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed late tonight and Saturday.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 6:49 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 67 hr |
| Mar 7, 6:49 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 68 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 70 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.