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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Memphis, TN

March 25, 2023Lee County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this river flood warning at Mar 25, 2023, 6:44 AM CDT for Lee County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 25, 2023, 11:56 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2023, 6:44 AM CDT (11:44 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 25, 2023, 11:56 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 25, 2023, 9:20 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Lee County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:44 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 Town Creek at Tupelo (TPOM6). The gauge peaked at 16.19 ft at Mar 25, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
27 ft
Major stage
31.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02435020, 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 25, 6:26 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 6:26 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto38 min
Mar 24, 7:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGDeSoto3 hr
Mar 24, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGQuitman, Tallahatchie45 min
Mar 24, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, DeSoto, Marshall48 min
Mar 24, 8:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDeSoto3 hr
Mar 24, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha43 min
Mar 24, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGBenton33 min
Mar 24, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Union40 min
Mar 24, 9:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha3 hr
Mar 24, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Union39 min
Mar 24, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Union48 min
Mar 24, 9:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGBenton, DeSoto, Marshall83 min
Mar 24, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Union23 min
Mar 24, 9:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Monroe47 min
Mar 24, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo35 min
Mar 24, 10:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Union3 hr
Mar 24, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Monroe46 min
Mar 24, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCalhoun14 min
Mar 24, 10:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGAlcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo3 hr
Mar 24, 10:37 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Monroe38 min
Mar 24, 11:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe3 hr
Mar 24, 11:12 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMEGItawamba8 min
Mar 24, 11:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGMonroe3 hr
Mar 25, 6:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGMonroe13 hr
Mar 25, 6:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGLowndes, Monroe4 days
Mar 25, 12:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Union22 hr
Mar 24, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale, Shelby, Tipton34 min
Mar 24, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLauderdale26 min
Mar 24, 7:38 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGDyer, Lake, Lauderdale12 days
Mar 24, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGFayette32 min
Mar 24, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMEGChester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more38 min
Mar 24, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMEGChester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy, Madison48 min
Mar 24, 9:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGObion, Weakley3 hr
Mar 24, 9:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGHenry, Weakley3 hr

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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.