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River Flood Warning 91, NWS Memphis, TN

March 9, 2019Tate County, Tunica County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2019, 10:04 PM CST for Tate County, Tunica County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 9, 2019, 11:46 PM CST. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2019, 10:04 PM CST (04:04 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 9, 2019, 11:46 PM CST
Expired
Mar 11, 2019, 6:12 AM CDT
In force
29 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 04:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Mar 9, 5:18 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 5:18 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 3:05 PM CST, 6 hours 59 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
305 PM CST Sat Mar 9 2019

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-102315-
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-
305 PM CST Sat Mar 9 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

There is a enhanced risk of severe weather across portions of the
Midsouth. Multiple tornado watches are in effect, continuing as
late as 9 pm for portions of Northeast Mississippi.

A wind advisory has been issued for most of the Mid-South through 6
pm this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

There is the possibility of heavy rainfall Wednesday into Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed today.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 9, 5:01 PM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 6:39 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTishomingo21 min
Mar 9, 8:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLee44 min
Mar 9, 6:57 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGClay, Greene53 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.