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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Jackson, MS

March 26, 2009Lowndes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Mar 26, 2009, 10:04 AM CDT for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 26, 2009, 2:17 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 26, 2009, 10:04 AM CDT (15:04 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 26, 2009, 2:17 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 27, 2009, 8:51 PM CDT
In force: 31 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 15:07 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 14.30 ft at Mar 28, 2009, 8:00 PM 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 Mar 26, 5:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 5:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 5:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 26, 5:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 26, 6:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Mar 26, 6:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 26, 6:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 26, 8:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 26, 9:13 AM CDT, 51 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
Mar 25, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	38 min
Mar 25, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	43 min
Mar 25, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	25 min
Mar 25, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	47 min
Mar 25, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	45 min
Mar 25, 11:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	34 min
Mar 25, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	46 min
Mar 25, 11:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	41 min
Mar 25, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	41 min
Mar 25, 11:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Yazoo	38 min
Mar 25, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	61 min
Mar 25, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds	41 min
Mar 26, 12:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Holmes	41 min
Mar 26, 12:07 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	23 min
Mar 26, 12:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	31 min
Mar 26, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Madison	57 min
Mar 26, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	44 min
Mar 26, 1:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	46 min
Mar 26, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	32 min
Mar 26, 1:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	50 min
Mar 26, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston	41 min
Mar 26, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	49 min
Mar 26, 1:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha	46 min
Mar 26, 2:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	35 min
Mar 26, 2:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	45 min
Mar 26, 2:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper	59 min
Mar 26, 2:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Newton	39 min
Mar 26, 2:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith	39 min
Mar 26, 2:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion	64 min
Mar 26, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	29 min
Mar 26, 2:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	26 min
Mar 26, 2:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	55 min
Mar 26, 2:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper	34 min
Mar 26, 3:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	34 min
Mar 26, 4:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more	24 hr
Mar 26, 8:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	6 hr
Mar 26, 10:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	35 hr
Mar 26, 11:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes	26 hr
Mar 26, 11:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Yazoo	46 hr
Mar 26, 11:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	35 hr
Mar 25, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Franklin, Richland	45 min
Mar 25, 9:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Richland	30 min
Mar 25, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas	50 min
Mar 25, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Madison, Tensas	30 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.