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Flash Flood Watch 11, NWS Jackson, MS

August 31, 200839 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Aug 31, 2008, 4:29 PM CDT for 39 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Sep 1, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2008, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 1, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 4, 2008, 3:01 PM CDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity
None
All 50 counties

Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Aug 31, 10:37 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 10:37 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 1:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
140 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008

LAZ023>026-MSZ059>062-011815-
FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-
FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-
140 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW FOR THIS
EVENING. HOWEVER AS HURRICANE GUSTAV MAKES LANDFALL MONDAY OVER
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND TRACKS NORTHWEST...WIND AND HEAVY RAINS AND
THE RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES WILL INCREASE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PLEASE
REFER TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS ON
FORECASTED WIND SPEEDS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND KEEP UP TO DATE ON
THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING GUSTAV.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
THE AFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WILL CONTINUE TO BE FELT ACROSS
THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY WITH THE RISK OF WIND...HEAVY RAINS
AND A FEW TORNADOES.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

LAZ007>009-015-016-MSZ040>043-047>049-053>056-063>066-072>074-
011815-
MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON LA-ISSAQUENA-
SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-
SIMPSON-SMITH-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-
LAMAR-FORREST-
140 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW FOR THIS
EVENING. HOWEVER AS HURRICANE GUSTAV MAKES LANDFALL MONDAY OVER
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND TRACKS NORTHWEST...WIND AND HEAVY RAINS AND
THE RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES WILL INCREASE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PLEASE
REFER TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS ON
FORECASTED WIND SPEEDS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND KEEP UP TO DATE ON
THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING GUSTAV.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
THE AFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WILL CONTINUE TO BE FELT ACROSS
THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY WITH THE RISK OF WIND...HEAVY RAINS
AND A FEW TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-034-035-011815-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-
140 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW FOR THIS
EVENING. HOWEVER AS HURRICANE GUSTAV MAKES LANDFALL MONDAY OVER
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND TRACKS NORTHWEST...WIND AND HEAVY RAINS AND
THE RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES WILL INCREASE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PLEASE
REFER TO THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS ON
FORECASTED WIND SPEEDS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND KEEP UP TO DATE ON
THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING GUSTAV.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
THE AFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WILL CONTINUE TO BE FELT ACROSS
THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY WITH THE RISK OF WIND...HEAVY RAINS
AND A FEW TORNADOES.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

MSZ025>033-036>039-044>046-050>052-057-058-011815-
LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-
OKTIBBEHA-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-JASPER-CLARKE-
140 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

AS HURRICANE GUSTAV MAKES LANDFALL MONDAY OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND TRACKS NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA...WIND AND HEAVY RAIN
AND THE RISK FOR A FEW TORNADOES MAY INCREASE...ESPECIALLY FOR
TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

PLEASE KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND
FORECASTS CONCERNING GUSTAV.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
THE AFFECTS OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WILL CONTINUE TO BE FELT ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH TUESDAY WITH THE RISK OF WIND...HEAVY RAINS AND A FEW
TORNADOES.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 5:29 AM CDTInland Hurricane WatchJANAdams, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln12 hr
Aug 31, 5:29 AM CDTInland Tropical Storm WatchJANClaiborne, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Hinds, Issaquena and 12 more62 hr
Aug 31, 4:30 PM CDTInland Tropical Storm WarningJANAdams, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis and 5 more35 hr
Aug 31, 5:39 PM CDTWind AdvisoryJANAdams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more52 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2008Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2008Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2008Every flash flood watch in 2008

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.