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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Jackson, MS

March 27, 2009Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Mar 27, 2009, 9:55 AM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 27, 2009, 12:43 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2009, 9:55 AM CDT (14:55 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 27, 2009, 12:43 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 1, 2009, 8:11 PM CDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity
Minor

County Jones County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Tallahala Creek at Laurel (LURM6). The gauge peaked at 18.09 ft at Mar 29, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
16.5 ft
Major stage
19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02473500, 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 27, 4:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 4:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln17 min
Mar 26, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson25 min
Mar 26, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah32 min
Mar 26, 8:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson3 hr
Mar 26, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds13 min
Mar 26, 10:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANSimpson115 min
Mar 26, 10:25 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence and 1 more6 hr
Mar 27, 3:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchJANAdams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more26 hr
Mar 27, 10:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANSimpson4 days
Mar 27, 3:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANMarion10 days
Mar 27, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAdams31 min
Mar 27, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Jefferson67 min
Mar 27, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAdams, Jefferson52 min
Mar 27, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningJANFranklin, Jefferson60 min
Mar 27, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia67 min
Mar 27, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia51 min

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.