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Little Tallahatchie River at Etta Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Highest Observation: 24.27 ft at 5:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.26 ft at 5:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.26 ft at 5:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.25 ft at 6:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.25 ft at 6:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.22 ft at 6:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.24 ft at 6:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.23 ft at 7:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.21 ft at 7:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.2 ft at 7:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.2 ft at 7:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.17 ft at 8:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.13 ft at 8:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.12 ft at 8:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.11 ft at 8:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.08 ft at 9:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.03 ft at 9:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 24.04 ft at 9:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 23.99 ft at 9:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 23.97 ft at 10:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 23.99 ft at 10:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 23.96 ft at 10:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 23.93 ft at 10:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 23.9 ft at 11:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 23.86 ft at 11:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 23.84 ft at 11:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 23.82 ft at 11:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 23.77 ft at 12:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.75 ft at 12:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.71 ft at 12:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.65 ft at 12:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.61 ft at 1:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.57 ft at 1:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.52 ft at 1:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.49 ft at 1:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.45 ft at 2:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.4 ft at 2:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.36 ft at 2:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.33 ft at 2:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.28 ft at 3:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.24 ft at 3:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.19 ft at 3:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.14 ft at 3:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.08 ft at 4:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 23.04 ft at 4:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.99 ft at 4:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.94 ft at 4:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.88 ft at 5:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.83 ft at 5:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.77 ft at 5:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.72 ft at 5:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.65 ft at 6:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.59 ft at 6:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.54 ft at 6:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.49 ft at 6:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.41 ft at 7:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.35 ft at 7:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.3 ft at 7:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.23 ft at 7:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.15 ft at 8:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.09 ft at 8:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 22.03 ft at 8:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 21.96 ft at 8:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 21.88 ft at 9:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 21.81 ft at 9:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 21.75 ft at 9:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 21.67 ft at 9:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 21.6 ft at 10:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 21.53 ft at 10:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 21.45 ft at 10:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 21.37 ft at 10:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 21.3 ft at 11:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 21.22 ft at 11:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 21.14 ft at 11:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 21.07 ft at 11:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 21 ft at 12:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 20.91 ft at 12:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 20.85 ft at 12:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 20.78 ft at 12:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 20.69 ft at 1:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 20.62 ft at 1:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 20.55 ft at 1:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 20.46 ft at 1:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 20.39 ft at 2:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 20.32 ft at 2:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 20.26 ft at 2:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 20.17 ft at 2:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 20.1 ft at 3:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 20.03 ft at 3:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 19.94 ft at 3:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 19.88 ft at 3:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 19.81 ft at 4:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 19.72 ft at 4:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 19.64 ft at 4:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 19.58 ft at 4:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 19.5 ft at 5:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 19.42 ft at 5:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 19.35 ft at 5:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 19.27 ft at 5:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 19.18 ft at 6:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 19.11 ft at 6:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 19.04 ft at 6:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 18.94 ft at 6:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 18.87 ft at 7:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 18.79 ft at 7:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 18.7 ft at 7:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 18.63 ft at 7:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 18.55 ft at 8:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 18.46 ft at 8:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 18.39 ft at 8:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 18.3 ft at 8:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 18.21 ft at 9:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 18.14 ft at 9:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 18.06 ft at 9:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.96 ft at 9:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.89 ft at 10:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.8 ft at 10:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.71 ft at 10:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.64 ft at 10:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.56 ft at 11:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.46 ft at 11:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.39 ft at 11:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.3 ft at 11:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.21 ft at 12:00AM May 24, 2013Observed: 17.13 ft at 12:15AM May 24, 2013Observed: 17.04 ft at 12:30AM May 24, 2013Observed: 16.95 ft at 12:45AM May 24, 2013Observed: 16.88 ft at 1:00AM May 24, 2013Observed: 16.78 ft at 1:15AM May 24, 2013Observed: 16.7 ft at 1:30AM May 24, 2013Observed: 16.61 ft at 1:45AM May 24, 2013Observed: 16.51 ft at 2:00AM May 24, 2013Observed: 16.43 ft at 2:15AM May 24, 2013Observed: 16.35 ft at 2:30AM May 24, 2013Observed: 16.25 ft at 2:45AM May 24, 2013Observed: 16.17 ft at 3:00AM May 24, 2013Observed: 16.09 ft at 3:15AM May 24, 2013Observed: 16 ft at 3:30AM May 24, 2013Observed: 15.92 ft at 3:45AM May 24, 2013Observed: 15.84 ft at 4:00AM May 24, 2013Observed: 15.75 ft at 4:15AM May 24, 2013Observed: 15.67 ft at 4:30AM May 24, 2013Observed: 15.59 ft at 4:45AM May 24, 2013Observed: 15.51 ft at 5:00AM May 24, 2013Observed: 15.43 ft at 5:15AM May 24, 2013Observed: 15.35 ft at 5:30AM May 24, 2013Observed: 15.26 ft at 5:45AM May 24, 2013Observed: 15.19 ft at 6:00AM May 24, 2013Observed: 15.12 ft at 6:15AM May 24, 2013Observed: 15.03 ft at 6:30AM May 24, 2013Observed: 14.96 ft at 6:45AM May 24, 2013Observed: 14.89 ft at 7:00AM May 24, 2013Observed: 14.81 ft at 7:15AM May 24, 2013Observed: 14.74 ft at 7:30AM May 24, 2013Observed: 14.67 ft at 7:45AM May 24, 2013Observed: 14.53 ft at 8:00AM May 24, 2013Observed: 14.52 ft at 8:15AM May 24, 2013Observed: 14.45 ft at 8:30AM May 24, 2013Observed: 14.38 ft at 8:45AM May 24, 2013Observed: 14.3 ft at 9:00AM May 24, 2013Observed: 14.23 ft at 9:15AM May 24, 2013Observed: 14.17 ft at 9:30AM May 24, 2013Observed: 14.09 ft at 9:45AM May 24, 2013Observed: 14.03 ft at 10:00AM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.97 ft at 10:15AM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.9 ft at 10:30AM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.83 ft at 10:45AM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.77 ft at 11:00AM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.57 ft at 11:15AM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.65 ft at 11:30AM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.58 ft at 11:45AM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.52 ft at 12:00PM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.48 ft at 12:15PM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.42 ft at 12:30PM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.36 ft at 12:45PM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.3 ft at 1:00PM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.26 ft at 1:15PM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.12 ft at 1:30PM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.18 ft at 1:45PM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.11 ft at 2:00PM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.07 ft at 2:15PM May 24, 2013Observed: 13.03 ft at 2:30PM May 24, 2013Observed: 13 ft at 2:45PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.96 ft at 3:00PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.93 ft at 3:15PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.9 ft at 3:30PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.86 ft at 3:45PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.82 ft at 4:00PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.79 ft at 4:15PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.76 ft at 4:30PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.74 ft at 4:45PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.72 ft at 5:00PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.7 ft at 5:15PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.67 ft at 5:30PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.65 ft at 5:45PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.62 ft at 6:00PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.6 ft at 6:15PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.57 ft at 6:30PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.55 ft at 6:45PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.53 ft at 7:00PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.52 ft at 7:15PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.5 ft at 7:30PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.49 ft at 7:45PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.47 ft at 8:00PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.45 ft at 8:15PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.44 ft at 8:30PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.42 ft at 8:45PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.4 ft at 9:00PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.38 ft at 9:15PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.36 ft at 9:30PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.35 ft at 9:45PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.34 ft at 10:00PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.32 ft at 10:15PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.31 ft at 10:30PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.29 ft at 10:45PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.28 ft at 11:00PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.27 ft at 11:15PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.26 ft at 11:30PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.24 ft at 11:45PM May 24, 2013Observed: 12.23 ft at 12:00AM May 25, 2013Observed: 12.22 ft at 12:15AM May 25, 2013Observed: 12.21 ft at 12:30AM May 25, 2013Observed: 12.19 ft at 12:45AM May 25, 2013Observed: 12.17 ft at 1:00AM May 25, 2013Observed: 12.16 ft at 1:15AM May 25, 2013Observed: 12.15 ft at 1:30AM May 25, 2013Observed: 12.13 ft at 1:45AM May 25, 2013Observed: 12.11 ft at 2:00AM May 25, 2013Observed: 12.1 ft at 2:15AM May 25, 2013Observed: 12.08 ft at 2:30AM May 25, 2013Observed: 12.07 ft at 2:45AM May 25, 2013Observed: 12.06 ft at 3:00AM May 25, 2013Observed: 12.05 ft at 3:15AM May 25, 2013Observed: 12.03 ft at 3:30AM May 25, 2013Observed: 12.02 ft at 3:45AM May 25, 2013Observed: 12 ft at 4:00AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.99 ft at 4:15AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.98 ft at 4:30AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.97 ft at 4:45AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.95 ft at 5:00AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.94 ft at 5:15AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.94 ft at 5:30AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.92 ft at 5:45AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.91 ft at 6:00AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.89 ft at 6:15AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.88 ft at 6:30AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.86 ft at 6:45AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.86 ft at 7:00AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.84 ft at 7:15AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.83 ft at 7:30AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.82 ft at 7:45AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.81 ft at 8:00AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.81 ft at 8:15AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.8 ft at 8:30AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.78 ft at 8:45AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.77 ft at 9:00AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.76 ft at 9:15AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.75 ft at 9:30AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.74 ft at 9:45AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.74 ft at 10:00AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.73 ft at 10:15AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.71 ft at 10:30AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.71 ft at 10:45AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.7 ft at 11:00AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.7 ft at 11:15AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.67 ft at 11:30AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.67 ft at 11:45AM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.67 ft at 12:00PM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.65 ft at 12:15PM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.64 ft at 12:30PM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.63 ft at 12:45PM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.63 ft at 1:00PM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.62 ft at 1:15PM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.61 ft at 1:30PM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.61 ft at 1:45PM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.6 ft at 2:00PM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.6 ft at 2:15PM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.59 ft at 2:30PM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.58 ft at 2:45PM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.57 ft at 3:00PM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.57 ft at 3:15PM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.57 ft at 3:30PM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.56 ft at 3:45PM May 25, 2013Observed: 11.55 ft at 4:00PM May 25, 2013Highest Forecast: 11.5 ft 7:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 11.4 ft 1:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 11.3 ft 7:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 11.3 ft 1:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 11.2 ft 7:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 11.2 ft 1:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 11.1 ft 7:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 11.1 ft 1:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 11 ft 7:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 11 ft 1:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 10.9 ft 7:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 10.9 ft 1:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 10.9 ft 7:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 10.8 ft 1:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 10.8 ft 7:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 10.7 ft 1:00PM May 29, 2013Forecast: 10.7 ft 7:00PM May 29, 2013Forecast: 10.7 ft 1:00AM May 30, 2013Forecast: 10.6 ft 7:00AM May 30, 2013USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesETAM6(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (5:10PM May 25, 2013)ObservedForecast (issued 8:56AM May 25)Latest observed value: 11.55 ft at 4:00 PM CDT 25-May-2013. Flood Stage is 25 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Little Tallahatchie River at Etta are issued routinely year-round.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:29
Moderate Flood Stage:28
Flood Stage:25
Action Stage:20

Historical Crests
(1) 29.85 ft on 05/03/2010
(2) 29.41 ft on 11/30/2001
(3) 29.27 ft on 12/02/1991
(4) 29.02 ft on 05/19/1983
(5) 28.39 ft on 04/05/2002
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Low Water Records
(1) 1.18 ft on 09/11/1952
(2) 1.18 ft on 09/12/1952
(3) 7.70 ft on 09/17/2000
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Latitude/Longitude Disclaimer: The gauge location shown in the above map is the approximate location based on the latitude/longitude coordinates provided to the NWS by the gauge owner.
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29 The Post Office and businesses and homes in the low lying area near the river in New Albany, Mississippi are flooded. Several homes along county highway 46 are flooded. Flood water is covering county highways 46 and 47 and flood waters are approaching the level of highway 355 near the Etta
28 cropland flooding is very extensive and water begins to cover county highway 46. County highway 47 has 1 to 2 feet of water over the unpaved portions. Evacuations become necessary due to access problems
26 County highway 47 near Mud Creek and Mill Creek has 6 to 12 inches of water over it. Several thousand acres of crop land is flooded
25 extensive cropland flooding is occurring, mainly between state highway 30 and county highway 46. Water is beginning to cover the unpaved portion of Union County highway 47 near Mud Creek
24 widespread farmland flooding is beginning. Small tributary streams are causing backwater flooding between New Albany and state highway 30
20 unprotected lowland along the river in western Union county Mississppi is flooded
Photos
(1) View downstream (stage = 8.8 ft)
(2) View downstream (stage = 20.9 ft)
(3) View upstream (stage = 8.8 ft)
(4) View upstream (stage = 20.9 ft)
(5) View east (stage = 20.9 ft)
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Latitude: 34.482500° N, Longitude: 89.224444° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 25 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 273.48 ft 298.48 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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