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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Jackson, MS

May 29, 2008Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at May 29, 2008, 8:31 AM CDT for Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2008, 8:31 AM CDT (13:31 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2008, 9:17 AM CDT
In force
49 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Black River near Bentonia (BTAM6).

Action stage
21 ft
Minor stage
22 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07289730, 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 May 28, 6:07 PM CDT, 14 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:07 PM CDT, 14 hours 24 minutes before
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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.