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River Flood Warning 142, NWS Memphis, TN

September 23, 2020Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Sep 23, 2020, 8:53 AM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at Sep 24, 2020, 4:37 PM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 23, 2020, 8:53 AM CDT (13:53 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 24, 2020, 4:37 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 26, 2020, 7:33 AM CDT
In force
39 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 13:56 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).

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
Sep 23, 8:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGMonroe21 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2020Every river flood warning in 2020

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.