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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Jackson, MS

May 5, 200937 counties in Mississippi; 7 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at May 5, 2009, 4:24 AM CDT for 37 counties in Mississippi; 7 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 5, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2009, 4:24 AM CDT (09:24 UTC)
In effect from: May 5, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 6, 2009, 4:06 PM CDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: None

All 46 counties

Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:25 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 May 4, 10:00 PM CDT, 6 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 10:00 PM CDT, 6 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 3:40 PM CDT, 12 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 5, 2:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 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
May 5, 11:27 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	35 hr
May 5, 11:27 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Issaquena, Washington	24 hr
May 5, 11:27 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	24 hr
May 5, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Simpson, Smith	33 min
May 5, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	39 min
May 5, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	46 min
May 5, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	47 min
May 5, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones	34 min
May 5, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	43 min
May 5, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	40 min

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.