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Flash Flood Watch 16, NWS Jackson, MS

September 15, 20098 counties in Mississippi; 6 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Sep 15, 2009, 3:44 AM CDT for 8 counties in Mississippi; 6 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Sep 15, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 15, 2009, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 15, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 19, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: None

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Bolivar County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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 14, 9:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 9:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 14, 10:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 14, 9:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 14, 11:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 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 14, 7:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	58 min
Sep 14, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Warren, Yazoo	58 min
Sep 14, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds	47 min
Sep 14, 8:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Sunflower, Washington	2 hr
Sep 14, 8:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds	2 hr
Sep 15, 9:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Sunflower	84 min
Sep 15, 3:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore	2 hr
Sep 15, 3:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada	3 hr
Sep 15, 5:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	117 min
Sep 15, 4:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Chicot	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2009 Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2009 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2009 Every flash flood watch in 2009

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.