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River Flood Warning 60, NWS Memphis, TN

February 20, 2020Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 20, 2020, 9:28 AM CST for Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 20, 2020, 9:47 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2020, 9:28 AM CST (15:28 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 20, 2020, 9:47 PM CST
Expired
Feb 21, 2020, 7:00 AM CST
In force
9 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 15:30 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 19, 6:29 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGCoahoma, Tunica7 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.