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River Flood Warning 116, NWS Jackson, MS

October 12, 2009Attala County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Oct 12, 2009, 8:43 PM CDT for Attala County, Mississippi. It took effect at Oct 13, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 12, 2009, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 13, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 16, 2009, 11:32 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
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 01:45 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 16.52 ft at Oct 14, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT.

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 Oct 12, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 12, 3:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 12, 2:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 12, 3:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 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 12, 8:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	9 days
Oct 12, 8:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	8 days
Oct 12, 8:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Yazoo	13 hr
Oct 12, 9:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	4 days
Oct 12, 9:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Sharkey	8 days
Oct 13, 4:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clay and 23 more	22 hr
Oct 13, 10:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	6 hr
Oct 13, 10:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	6 days
Oct 13, 11:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Leflore, Sunflower	6 hr
Oct 13, 11:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Yazoo	8 days
Oct 13, 11:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Sunflower	10 days
Oct 13, 1:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery	6 hr
Oct 13, 4:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	6 hr
Oct 13, 5:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Leflore, Sunflower	5 hr
Oct 13, 5:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	5 hr
Oct 13, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin	56 days
Oct 13, 3:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll	6 hr
Oct 13, 4:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin, Madison, Richland	6 hr
Oct 13, 9:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Ashley, Chicot	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2009 Every 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.