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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Apr 3, 2008, 3:15 PM CDT for 12 counties in Mississippi; 5 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 4, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2008, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2008, 3:02 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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 Apr 3, 2:56 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:56 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2:59 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 30 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.