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River Flood Warning 159, NWS Jackson, MS

December 14, 2009Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Dec 14, 2009, 9:01 PM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It took effect at Dec 15, 2009, 4:17 AM CST. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 14, 2009, 9:01 PM CST (03:01 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 15, 2009, 4:17 AM CST
Expired: Dec 16, 2009, 7:21 PM CST
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: Minor

County Forrest County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Black Creek near Brooklyn (BKNM6). The gauge peaked at 20.58 ft at Dec 16, 2009, 1:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02479130, 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 Dec 14, 4:08 PM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 4:08 PM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 2:29 PM CST, 6 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
229 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025>035-040-041-152030-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-
CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-
229 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY.

LAZ015-016-023-025-MSZ036>039-042>051-053-152030-
RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-TENSAS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-
SCOTT-NEWTON-CLAIBORNE-
229 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. THESE STORMS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND
SMALL HAIL.

FOR TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY.

LAZ024-026-MSZ052-054>066-072>074-152030-
CATAHOULA-CONCORDIA-LAUDERDALE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-
JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-
COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
229 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. THE
GROUND REMAINS SATURATED FROM EARLIER RAINS AND MANY LOCAL
CREEKS...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL BE AT HIGH LEVELS. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ONE
OR TWO SEVERE STORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT WITH THE PRIMARY RISK
BEING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND PENNY SIZED HAIL.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. AREAS OF RAIN WILL
CONTINUE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT EARLY TUESDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 14, 3:43 PM CST, 5 hours 18 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
Dec 14, 7:48 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	5 days
Dec 14, 7:48 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	39 hr
Dec 14, 9:01 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest	23 hr
Dec 14, 9:01 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	38 hr
Dec 14, 9:06 PM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	JAN	Clay, Grenada, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Madison, Rankin	19 hr
Dec 15, 8:32 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion	118 min

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.