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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Memphis, TN

March 2, 2023Lafayette County, Marshall County, Union County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 2, 2023, 7:13 PM CST for Lafayette County, Marshall County, Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2023, 7:13 PM CST (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2023, 7:30 PM CST
In force
24 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 01:14 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 26.25 ft at Mar 3, 2023, 3:00 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 Mar 2, 5:43 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 5:43 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 10:01 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDeSoto29 min
Mar 2, 10:26 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGLowndes, Monroe4 days
Mar 3, 9:27 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo20 min
Mar 2, 9:42 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGDecatur, Hardin8 days
Mar 2, 10:28 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGShelby32 min
Mar 3, 5:21 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGDyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby, Tipton3 hr
Mar 3, 6:08 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby, Tipton3 hr
Mar 3, 9:18 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGDyer, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby and 1 more3 hr
Mar 3, 10:07 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGObion, Weakley12 hr
Mar 2, 10:21 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMEGClay, Greene60 hr
Mar 3, 12:57 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCraighead, Greene, Poinsett33 min
Mar 3, 1:43 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGCraighead, Cross, Greene, Poinsett4 hr
Mar 3, 3:05 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGClay, Greene3 hr
Mar 3, 4:20 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi and 2 more3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2023Every river flood warning in 2023

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.