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River Flood Warning 51, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Sep 10, 2008, 9:53 AM CDT for Madison Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 59 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2008, 9:53 AM CDT (14:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2008, 8:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Madison Parish, LA
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:53 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 Tensas River at Tendal (TDGL1).
- Action stage
- 24 ft
- Minor stage
- 25 ft
- Moderate stage
- 26 ft
- Major stage
- 27 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07369500, 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 Sep 9, 3:00 PM CDT, 18 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 3:00 PM CDT, 18 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 300 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008 .DISCUSSION... NEAR TERM: NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE NEEDED TO THE FORECAST GRIDS THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT CURRENTLY DRAPED ACROSS NRN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. VERY MOIST AIR (2.12 PRECIPITABLE WATER ON 12Z JAN RAOB) IS AVAILABLE ALONG WITH MIXED LAYER CAPES > 1500 J/KG WITH LITTLE CONVECTIVE INHIBITION. STRONG INSOLATION HAS INCREASED DIFFERENTIAL HEATING NEAR FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND THIS IS LEADING TO SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS/TSTMS AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTN. 0-6KM SHEAR OF 15-20KTS WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF MULTICELL CLUSTERS...GIVEN STRENGTH OF INSTABILITY WILL MAINTAIN STRONG WORDING IN THE HWO. TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL AND BECOME MORE DIFFUSE WITH TIME AND EXPECT RAIN CHANCES TO BE SMALLER. SUMMER-LIKE HEAT WILL CONTINUE FOR WED AFTN AND ENOUGH MOISTURE/INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE FOR DIURNAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. FOR THURSDAY AND BEYOND...IKE IS STILL THE BIG CONCERN AS IT IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL AND RECURVING NORTH TO NE IN THE WESTERLIES. IT APPEARS LANDFALL WILL BE SOMEWHERE ON THE TEXAS COAST...BUT WHAT IKE DOES AFTER LANDFALL WILL HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON OUR WEATHER. BASED ON CURRENT HPC FORECAST AT DAYS 6/7...WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA COULD EXPECT A RISK FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND A FEW TORNADOES. SOME GUIDANCE SUGGESTS IKE COULD TURN A LITTLE MORE SHARPLY TO THE NORTHEAST AFFECT MORE OF THE AREA SO ALL RESIDENTS IN THE ARKLAMISS SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON IKE FORECAST UPDATES. IN ANY CASE... EXPECT AN INCREASE IN DEEP MOISTURE THURSDAY/FRIDAY AS MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW NORTH OF IKE INCREASES OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN DIURNAL CONVECTIVE CHANCES FOR THOSE DAYS. && .AVIATION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING OCCASIONAL MVFR CONDITIONS TO GWO/GLH/GTR AND JAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT DRIFTS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. IFR CONDITIONS WITH 1 TO 2 HUNDRED FOOT CEILINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE VERY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING IN STRATUS AND FOG OVER MOST SITES./15/ && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && EC/15
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 6:00 PM CDT, 15 hours 53 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.