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River Flood Advisory 4, NWS Jackson, MS

October 14, 2009Bolivar County, Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Desha County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood advisory at Oct 14, 2009, 12:14 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Desha County, Arkansas. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 14, 2009, 12:14 PM CDT (17:14 UTC)
Expired: Oct 15, 2009, 10:32 PM CDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS

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 17:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Oct 14, 9:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 9:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 4:11 AM CDT, 8 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 14, 10:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 14, 12:03 PM CDT, 11 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
Oct 13, 7:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery and 1 more	4 hr
Oct 13, 8:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Warren, Yazoo	3 hr
Oct 13, 9:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes	35 hr
Oct 14, 10:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	5 days
Oct 14, 12:14 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Issaquena, Washington	34 hr
Oct 14, 12:14 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	34 hr
Oct 14, 12:14 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Adams, Wilkinson	34 hr
Oct 13, 7:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Tensas	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Mississippi, 2009 River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2009 Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.