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River Flood Warning 62, NWS Memphis, TN

February 26, 2020Coahoma County, Tunica County, Mississippi; Lee County, Phillips County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Feb 26, 2020, 11:23 AM CST for Coahoma County, Tunica County, Mississippi; Lee County, Phillips County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 27, 2020, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 26, 2020, 11:23 AM CST (17:23 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 27, 2020, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 27, 2020, 10:04 PM CST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, Tunica County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Mississippi River at Helena (HEEA4).

Action stage
40 ft
Minor stage
44 ft
Moderate stage
50 ft
Major stage
55 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

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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.