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River Flood Warning 129, NWS Jackson, MS

October 16, 2009Lowndes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Oct 16, 2009, 10:13 AM CDT for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 16, 2009, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC)
Expired: Oct 16, 2009, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: Minor

County Lowndes County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Luxapallila Creek near Columbus (CLUM6). The gauge peaked at 15.17 ft at Oct 16, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02443500, 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 16, 4:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 4:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 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
Oct 15, 10:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	79 min
Oct 16, 11:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	4 days
Oct 16, 11:33 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	36 hr
Oct 16, 11:33 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Adams, Wilkinson	36 hr
Oct 16, 11:33 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	36 hr
Oct 16, 11:33 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Issaquena, Washington	36 hr

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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.