Alert archive / Mississippi / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 7, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Jan 6, 2009, 6:56 AM CST for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 7, 2009, 4:30 AM CST. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2009, 6:56 AM CST (12:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2009, 4:30 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2009, 10:47 AM CST
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 12:56 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 Luxapallila Creek near Columbus (CLUM6).
- 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 Jan 6, 4:32 AM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 4:32 AM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 5:57 AM CST, 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 557 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 MSZ039-045-046-050>052-054>058-061>066-072>074-071200- NOXUBEE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH- JASPER-CLARKE-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS- COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 557 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SECTIONS OF SOUTH AND EAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BUDE TO FOREST TO DEKALB. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORNADOES WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISKS BUT LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE HIGHEST FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO OCCUR TODAY. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS. DEEP GULF MOISTURE HAS POOLED SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT THAT HAS STALLED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA INTO SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. STRONG WIND SHEAR...WHICH WILL HELP PROMOTE STRONG ROTATION IN DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS...IS ALSO IN PLACE. A STRONG WEATHER DISTURBANCE THAT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON WILL INITIATE STRONG STORMS IN THE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE. THE FRONT WILL DROP TO THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY 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...MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. OTHERWISE ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>038-040>044-047- 048-049-053-059-060-071200- 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- ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN- CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- 557 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND SECTIONS OF WEST AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FLOODING RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND SECTIONS OF NORTH AND WEST MISSISSIPPI TODAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA FOR TODAY. RAIN WILL BE WIDESPREAD TODAY OVER AREAS NORTH OF A COLD FRONT THAT HAS STALLED FROM EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. PERSISTENT PERIODS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. RAIN AREAS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY WHEN A STRONG WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES AT SOME AREAS OVERNIGHT...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE LIKELY TODAY. HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY 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...MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. OTHERWISE ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 03
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 6:16 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Lamar and 7 more | 82 days |
| Jan 5, 6:23 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Webster | 4 hr |
| Jan 5, 7:19 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 13 days |
| Jan 5, 10:41 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leake, Madison and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 5, 10:53 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Kemper, Lowndes, Neshoba, Noxubee and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 8 days |
| Jan 6, 6:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clay | 4 days |
| Jan 6, 6:48 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 6 days |
| Jan 6, 7:09 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Hinds, Jefferson, Kemper, Lauderdale and 8 more | 102 min |
| Jan 6, 9:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 7 days |
| Jan 6, 9:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 6 days |
| Jan 6, 9:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala | 3 days |
| Jan 6, 9:16 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 14 days |
| Jan 6, 9:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 51 min |
| Jan 6, 10:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 44 min |
| Jan 6, 12:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 2 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Noxubee, Winston | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Scott | 2 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:08 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Clay, Leake, Lowndes, Montgomery and 5 more | 12 hr |
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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.