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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Jan 11, 2020, 11:51 AM CST for Lafayette County, Marshall County, Union County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 11, 2020, 3:21 PM CST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2020, 11:51 AM CST (17:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 11, 2020, 3:21 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2020, 10:48 AM CST
- In force
- 19 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 17:51 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 24.93 ft at Jan 12, 2020, 6:00 AM CST.
- 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 Jan 11, 11:45 AM CST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 11:45 AM CST, 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 9:25 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 18 days |
| Jan 11, 1:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 2:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 3:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 44 min |
| Jan 11, 3:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 3:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 4:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 41 min |
| Jan 11, 4:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 51 min |
| Jan 11, 4:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 44 min |
| Jan 11, 4:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 38 min |
| Jan 11, 4:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and 1 more | 46 min |
| Jan 11, 4:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica | 50 min |
| Jan 11, 4:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 20 min |
| Jan 11, 4:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tallahatchie, Tate and 2 more | 50 min |
| Jan 11, 4:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 50 min |
| Jan 11, 5:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 29 min |
| Jan 11, 5:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 27 min |
| Jan 11, 5:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Union and 1 more | 41 min |
| Jan 11, 5:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 5:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tate | 5 min |
| Jan 11, 5:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 38 min |
| Jan 11, 5:52 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Lafayette | 113 min |
| Jan 11, 5:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall and 4 more | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 6:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah | 51 min |
| Jan 11, 6:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss and 2 more | 38 min |
| Jan 11, 6:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 22 min |
| Jan 11, 6:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 46 min |
| Jan 11, 7:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 40 min |
| Jan 11, 7:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 7:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 50 min |
| Jan 11, 7:43 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:01 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 44 min |
| Jan 11, 9:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 28 min |
| Jan 11, 10:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 42 min |
| Jan 11, 11:47 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Itawamba | 3 hr |
| Jan 11, 11:51 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tate, Tunica | 14 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 49 min |
| Jan 11, 3:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 3:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Jan 11, 3:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 3:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 3:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 51 min |
| Jan 11, 4:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale, Obion, Tipton | 28 min |
| Jan 11, 5:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Weakley | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 5:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette | 31 min |
| Jan 11, 5:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 24 min |
| Jan 11, 5:59 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley | 46 min |
| Jan 11, 6:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 6:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy | 41 min |
| Jan 11, 6:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Henry | 37 min |
| Jan 11, 6:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 47 min |
| Jan 11, 7:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 23 min |
| Jan 11, 9:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Madison | 25 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 29 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 10 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 10 hr |
| Jan 11, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene | 60 min |
| Jan 11, 12:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 1:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 1:43 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Craighead, Greene | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Mississippi | 38 min |
| Jan 11, 2:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead | 3 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:46 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis | 119 min |
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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.