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River Flood Warning 134, NWS Memphis, TN

June 9, 2020Lafayette County, Marshall County, Union County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Jun 9, 2020, 1:13 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Marshall County, Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 9, 2020, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2020, 9:57 AM CDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Union County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Tallahatchie River at Etta (ETAM6). The gauge peaked at 23.79 ft at Jun 9, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07268000, 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 Jun 9, 12:37 PM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 12:37 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 4:44 AM CDT, 8 hours 29 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
444 AM CDT Tue Jun 9 2020

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-101145-
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-
444 AM CDT Tue Jun 9 2020

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Tropical Depression Cristobal will track from southern Missouri
to the Great Lakes region today. There is a continued threat of
strong winds especially in eastern Arkansas and the Missouri
bootheel.

There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms later today into
this evening for much of West Tennessee, for eastern Arkansas and
the the Missouri bootheel. The primary threat is wind.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Probability of widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed later today, Tuesday.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 9:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
922 AM CDT TUE JUN 09 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0837 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 NE LEWISBURG          34.90N  89.78W
06/09/2020                   DESOTO             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MILLER ROAD CLOSED BETWEEN BETHEL ROAD AND HIGHWAY 178
            DUE TO FLOODING.

&&

MJ

Local storm report, Jun 9, 9:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
934 AM CDT TUE JUN 09 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0925 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SSW COLLIERVILLE      35.02N  89.71W
06/09/2020                   SHELBY             TN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ROADS CLOSED DUE TO TO FLASH FLOODING. FLEMING RD
            FLOODED BTWEEN SHELBY DR AND COLLIERVILLE RD. SHELBY DR
            FLOODED BETWEEN HOUSTON LEVEE RD AND QUINN RD.

&&

MJ

Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 5:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Tallahatchie	3 hr
Jun 9, 5:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	3 hr
Jun 9, 7:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Benton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah and 2 more	3 hr
Jun 9, 7:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	3 hr
Jun 9, 7:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	DeSoto	3 hr
Jun 9, 7:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	3 hr
Jun 9, 8:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, DeSoto, Marshall	3 hr
Jun 9, 9:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, McNairy	3 hr
Jun 9, 10:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	4 min
Jun 9, 10:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	3 hr

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.