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River Flood Warning 99, NWS Memphis, TN

March 31, 2020Tate County, Tunica County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 31, 2020, 2:11 PM CDT for Tate County, Tunica County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 31, 2020, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2020, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 31, 2020, 3:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 31, 2020, 7:49 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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 Coldwater River near Sarah (SARM6).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07279700, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 9:41 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Quitman	3 days
Mar 31, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	21 days
Mar 31, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	43 hr
Mar 31, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	11 hr

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.