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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Memphis, TN

February 18, 2020Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 18, 2020, 3:58 PM CST for Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 18, 2020, 11:45 PM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2020, 3:58 PM CST (21:58 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 18, 2020, 11:45 PM CST
Expired
Feb 19, 2020, 9:42 AM CST
In force
10 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 22:00 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
Feb 17, 6:45 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGMonroe4 days
Feb 18, 11:44 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Monroe2 hr
Feb 18, 5:48 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGMonroe4 hr

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.