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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Memphis, TN

March 2, 2023Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 2, 2023, 10:08 AM CST for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2023, 10:08 AM CST (16:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2023, 10:25 AM CST
In force
3 days
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 16:08 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 Tombigbee River near Amory (AMYM6). The gauge peaked at 25.08 ft at Mar 3, 2023, 3:00 AM CST.

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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.

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 Mar 2, 5:29 AM CST, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 5:29 AM CST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 6:03 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMarshall27 min
Mar 1, 6:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Marshall31 min
Mar 1, 6:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTippah26 min
Mar 1, 6:54 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLee21 min
Mar 1, 7:01 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTippah14 min
Mar 1, 7:12 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGAlcorn18 min
Mar 1, 7:13 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTunica32 min
Mar 1, 7:19 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo41 min
Mar 1, 7:25 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTishomingo20 min
Mar 1, 7:37 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo23 min
Mar 1, 7:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica33 min
Mar 1, 7:57 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo18 min
Mar 1, 8:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLafayette24 min
Mar 1, 8:42 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGTunica2 hr
Mar 1, 8:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTate, Tunica44 min
Mar 1, 9:03 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLee, Pontotoc27 min
Mar 1, 9:28 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPanola17 min
Mar 1, 9:33 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGItawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union3 hr
Mar 1, 9:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGItawamba20 min
Mar 1, 9:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLafayette26 min
Mar 1, 10:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLafayette21 min
Mar 1, 10:26 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCalhoun, Pontotoc19 min
Mar 1, 11:54 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCoahoma21 min
Mar 2, 12:28 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGAlcorn, Coahoma, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Panola and 6 more6 hr
Mar 2, 12:33 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGAlcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tippah5 hr
Mar 2, 3:27 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMEGAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more38 hr
Mar 2, 9:59 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGTate, Tunica21 hr
Mar 2, 10:05 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGMonroe5 days
Mar 2, 10:06 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGLee11 hr
Mar 2, 2:33 PM CSTHigh Wind WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more27 hr
Mar 1, 6:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Hardeman, McNairy49 min
Mar 1, 6:18 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGChester, Hardeman, McNairy21 min
Mar 1, 6:44 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGHardeman2 hr
Mar 2, 10:03 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Lauderdale21 days
Mar 1, 6:51 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPhillips24 min
Mar 1, 8:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Phillips46 min

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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.