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River Flood Warning 77, NWS Memphis, TN

December 12, 2022Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 12, 2022, 9:00 PM CST for Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It took effect at Dec 15, 2022, 5:27 AM CST. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 12, 2022, 9:00 PM CST (03:00 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 15, 2022, 5:27 AM CST
Expired
Jan 2, 2023, 9:00 PM CST
In force
19 days
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Lowndes County, MS, Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 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 Buttahatchie River near Aberdeen (ABDM6). The gauge peaked at 16.31 ft at Dec 17, 2022, 7:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02439400, 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 Dec 12, 8:44 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 8:44 PM CST, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 12, 9:00 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGMonroe21 days
Dec 12, 9:00 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGMonroe21 days
Dec 13, 10:11 AM CSTFlood WatchMEGAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 11 more33 hr
Dec 13, 2:25 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Union44 hr
Dec 12, 9:05 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGDecatur, Hardin21 days

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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.