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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Memphis, TN

February 10, 2020Calhoun County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 10, 2020, 10:12 AM CST for Calhoun County, Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 10, 2020, 3:05 PM CST. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 10, 2020, 10:12 AM CST (16:12 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 10, 2020, 3:05 PM CST
Expired: Feb 11, 2020, 3:36 PM CST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Calhoun County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Yalobusha River at Calhoun City (CCTM6). The gauge peaked at 23.88 ft at Feb 11, 2020, 7:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07282000, 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 Feb 10, 5:37 AM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 5:37 AM CST, 4 hours 35 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
Feb 10, 2:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw	27 min
Feb 10, 2:58 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba	47 min
Feb 10, 3:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Tishomingo	36 min
Feb 10, 7:36 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Lee	3 hr
Feb 10, 10:04 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe	3 hr
Feb 10, 10:12 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Union	4 days
Feb 10, 12:54 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	3 hr
Feb 10, 3:41 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 1 more	6 hr
Feb 10, 10:12 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	8 days
Feb 10, 2:13 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Phillips	47 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2020 Every 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.