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River Flood Warning 106, NWS Jackson, MS

September 26, 2009Attala County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Sep 26, 2009, 1:38 PM CDT for Attala County, Mississippi. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2009, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired
Sep 27, 2009, 8:07 AM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity
Minor

County Attala County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Yockanookany River near Kosciusko (KSCM6). The gauge peaked at 15.19 ft at Sep 26, 2009, 3:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
21.5 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02484000, 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 26, 10:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 10:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 26, 9:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 26, 7:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
742 AM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009

MSZ029>033-261325-
CLAY MS-LOWNDES MS-WEBSTER MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS-
742 AM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF ACKERMAN AT 742 AM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW...OKTIBBEHA...EAST CENTRAL WEBSTER...
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL LOWNDES AND WEST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

DHB
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 7:58 AM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
758 AM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009

MSZ037-261330-
ATTALA MS-
758 AM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER KOSCIUSKO AT 758 AM CDT...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL ATTALA COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

MRM
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 8:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
823 AM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009

MSZ030-031-033-261355-
CLAY MS-LOWNDES MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-
823 AM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF STARKVILLE AT 823 AM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS...AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.

PEOPLE IN OKTIBBEHA...WEST CENTRAL LOWNDES AND SOUTH CENTRAL CLAY
COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

MRM
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 8:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 8:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANChoctaw, Oktibbeha2 hr
Sep 26, 8:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala, Holmes2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2009Every river flood warning 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.