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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Jackson, MS

March 28, 2009Covington County, Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Mar 28, 2009, 9:54 AM CDT for Covington County, Jones County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 29, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 28, 2009, 9:54 AM CDT (14:54 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 29, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 28, 2009, 9:01 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Covington County, MS, Jones County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Leaf River near Collins (CLSM6).

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02472000, 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 28, 5:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 5:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 5:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 28, 5:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 28, 6:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 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 27, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	47 min
Mar 27, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	25 min
Mar 27, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	22 min
Mar 27, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	56 min
Mar 27, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	61 min
Mar 27, 8:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln	8 hr
Mar 27, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	43 min
Mar 27, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	45 min
Mar 27, 8:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	90 min
Mar 27, 8:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	8 hr
Mar 27, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	49 min
Mar 27, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson, Smith	36 min
Mar 27, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	61 min
Mar 27, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	55 min
Mar 27, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott	15 min
Mar 27, 10:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	59 min
Mar 27, 10:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion	6 hr
Mar 27, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	55 min
Mar 27, 10:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Adams	42 min
Mar 27, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	23 min
Mar 27, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	29 min
Mar 27, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	61 min
Mar 27, 11:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	12 min
Mar 28, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	43 min
Mar 28, 12:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	115 min
Mar 28, 12:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena	18 min
Mar 28, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	42 min
Mar 28, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington	43 min
Mar 28, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	48 min
Mar 28, 12:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	27 min
Mar 28, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	44 min
Mar 28, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	25 min
Mar 28, 1:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	2 hr
Mar 28, 2:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	88 min
Mar 28, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	42 min
Mar 28, 2:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	25 min
Mar 28, 2:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	34 min
Mar 28, 3:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	42 min
Mar 28, 3:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale, Newton	58 min
Mar 28, 3:54 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	JAN	Adams, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Grenada, Holmes and 10 more	15 hr
Mar 28, 4:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest	30 hr
Mar 28, 4:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest	40 hr
Mar 28, 4:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest	64 hr
Mar 28, 4:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	29 min
Mar 28, 2:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	20 hr
Mar 28, 2:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	3 days
Mar 27, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Concordia	45 min
Mar 27, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse, Richland	61 min
Mar 27, 11:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse, Richland	46 min
Mar 27, 11:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll	46 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.