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Flash Flood Watch 12, NWS Jackson, MS

September 13, 200829 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Sep 13, 2008, 4:38 AM CDT for 29 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Sep 13, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 13, 2008, 4:38 AM CDT (09:38 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 13, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 14, 2008, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: None

All 40 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, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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 Sep 13, 4:24 AM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 4:24 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 13, 2:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	35 min
Sep 13, 3:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Warren	51 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2008 Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2008 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2008 Every 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.