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River Flood Warning 78, NWS Memphis, TN

December 13, 2022Lafayette County, Marshall County, Union County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Dec 13, 2022, 2:25 PM CST for Lafayette County, Marshall County, Union County, Mississippi. It took effect at Dec 14, 2022, 11:09 AM CST. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 13, 2022, 2:25 PM CST (20:25 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 14, 2022, 11:09 AM CST
Expired
Dec 15, 2022, 10:09 AM CST
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Union County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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 Little Tallahatchie River at Etta (ETAM6). The gauge peaked at 24.82 ft at Dec 15, 2022, 5:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
28 ft
Major stage
29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07268000, 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 13, 11:55 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 11:55 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 11:34 AM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1134 AM CST Tue Dec 13 2022

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1134 AM CST Tue Dec 13 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas...
the Missouri Bootheel...North Mississippi...and West Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

A Flood Watch has been issued for areas mainly south of I-40
tonight through Wednesday evening for areas mainly south of I-40
and east of I-55 in North Mississippi as 2 to 4 inches of rain
with locally higher amounts are expected. Saturated soils
combined with heavy rainfall will lead to widespread urban and
small stream flooding and scattered flash flooding. The highest
rainfall totals are expected over northeast Mississippi.

A few strong to severe storms are possible across portions of
Eastern Arkansas and Northwest Mississippi tonight. Gusty winds
are the main threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Heavy rain will continue on Wednesday. Saturated soils combined
with heavy rainfall will lead to widespread urban and small stream
flooding and scattered flash flooding. The highest rainfall
totals are expected over northeast Mississippi.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

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 12, 9:00 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGLowndes, Monroe21 days
Dec 13, 10:11 AM CSTFlood WatchMEGAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 11 more33 hr
Dec 12, 9:05 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGDecatur, Hardin21 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2022Every river flood warning in 2022

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.