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River Flood Warning 86, NWS Jackson, MS

May 7, 2009Bolivar County, Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Desha County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at May 7, 2009, 11:14 AM CDT for Bolivar County, Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Desha County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 12, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2009, 11:14 AM CDT (16:14 UTC)
In effect from: May 12, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 2, 2009, 10:13 AM CDT
In force: 21 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Chicot County, AR, Desha County, AR, Bolivar County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River near Arkansas City (ARSA4).

Action stage: 36 ft
Minor stage: 37 ft
Moderate stage: 40 ft
Major stage: 44 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 May 7, 10:54 AM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 10:54 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 5:22 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 6:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 7:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 7:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 8:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 11:01 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1101 AM CDT THU MAY 07 2009

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

0104 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 WNW PROSPECT          32.58N 89.31W
05/06/2009                   NEWTON             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 489

1200 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MADISON                 32.45N 90.11W
05/06/2009                   MADISON            MS   NWS EMPLOYEE

            LIMBS DOWN AROUND THE CITY OF MADISON

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, May 7, 11:05 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1105 AM CDT THU MAY 07 2009

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

0104 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE LAKE               32.36N 89.30W
05/06/2009                   NEWTON             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 489

&&

GERARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 2:56 PM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	JAN	Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 1 more	28 hr
May 7, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	45 min
May 7, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Montgomery	42 min
May 7, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	53 min
May 7, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	18 min
May 7, 9:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin	42 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2009 River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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.