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River Flood Warning 57, NWS Jackson, MS

March 27, 2009Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Mar 27, 2009, 3:03 PM CDT for Marion County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 28, 2009, 2:43 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2009, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 28, 2009, 2:43 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 6, 2009, 8:14 PM CDT
In force
10 days
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity
Minor

County Marion County, MS

The river

Written for the forecast point Pearl River near Columbia (CLMM6).

Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02489000, 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, 10:53 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 10:53 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 2:39 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
239 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
281945-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-
CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-
SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-
LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
239 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY

DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER WILL DEVELOP OVER THE ARKLAMISS THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. STRONG LONG TRACK TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS
OF 80 MILES AN HOUR OR HIGHER AND LARGE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION. FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE IN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THAT WILL BE PRODUCED BY STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS.

THE TWO MAIN INGREDIENTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INTENSE WIND
SHEAR AND DEEP MOISTURE...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ARKLAMISS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA BEFORE SUNSET...WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT
APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL ZONES THIS
EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES FROM TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA.
SUPERCELLS THAT DEVELOP WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE THE
BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG LONG LIVED TORNADOES AS WELL AS DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO FORM INTO A
LINE OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE STORMS THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS
EAST MISSISSIPPI AFTER MIDNIGHT. TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE
HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED
RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY

GUSTY SOUTHWEST WIND WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT
SATURDAY. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
OVER THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA AREA WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS FROM 30 TO 40
MPH. SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER OTHER
AREAS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS WILL BE NECESSARY TONIGHT.

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

03

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 27, 11:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1125 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1118 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 N ALCORN              31.94N 91.14W
03/25/2009                   CLAIBORNE          MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG RODNEY ROAD.

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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, 9:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANJones5 days
Mar 27, 10:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANSimpson4 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.