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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Jackson, MS

March 19, 2008Bolivar County, Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Desha County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Mar 19, 2008, 11:25 AM CDT for Bolivar County, Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Desha County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 27, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 38 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2008, 11:25 AM CDT (16:25 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 27, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 3, 2008, 10:09 PM CDT
In force: 38 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Chicot County, AR, Desha County, AR, Bolivar County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Mississippi River near Arkansas City (ARSA4).

Action stage: 36 ft
Minor stage: 37 ft
Moderate stage: 40 ft
Major stage: 44 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 19, 7:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 7:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 7:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
726 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2008

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
201230-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON-FRANKLIN-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-
LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-
OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-
ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-
SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-
CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-
JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
726 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE DELTA
TODAY...GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM WINNSBORO LOUISIANA TO
GRENADA MISSISSIPPI. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEHIND A STRONG DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM. THIS WILL CAUSE A ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. THE WINDS WILL
BECOME LIGHTER DURING LATE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY.

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

22

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 19, 10:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1019 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0446 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CAMDEN                  32.78N 89.84W
03/19/2008                   MADISON            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A TREE FELL ON A POWERLINE IN CAMDEN AND RESULTED IN A
            MINOR FIRE.

0517 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S CARTHAGE            32.67N 89.53W
03/19/2008                   LEAKE              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE TREE DOWN ON BLUEBIRD LANE NEAR HWY 35 SOUTH.

0524 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SE FOREST             32.74N 91.35W
03/19/2008                   WEST CARROLL       LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE TREE DOWN ON SHERMAN HILL ROAD IN THE SOUTHEAST PART
            OF SCOTT COUNTY.

&&

HAMRICK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren	51 min
Mar 19, 1:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo	41 min
Mar 19, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower	50 min
Mar 19, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	51 min
Mar 19, 1:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Adams	45 min
Mar 19, 1:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys	32 min
Mar 19, 1:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	47 min
Mar 19, 2:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore	28 min
Mar 19, 2:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	30 min
Mar 19, 2:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson	47 min
Mar 19, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	29 min
Mar 19, 3:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	52 min
Mar 19, 3:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds	50 min
Mar 19, 3:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	30 min
Mar 19, 3:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison	40 min
Mar 19, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Covington, Hinds, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Leake and 5 more	46 min
Mar 19, 3:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Yazoo	22 min
Mar 19, 4:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Madison	44 min
Mar 19, 4:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	30 min
Mar 19, 5:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Montgomery	30 min
Mar 19, 5:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba	30 min
Mar 19, 5:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston	18 min
Mar 19, 7:21 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more	14 hr
Mar 19, 11:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Washington	47 days
Mar 19, 11:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	52 days
Mar 19, 11:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Wilkinson	74 days
Mar 19, 12:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	67 min
Mar 19, 12:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	9 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2008 River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2008 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.