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River Flood Warning 88, NWS Jackson, MS

May 11, 2009Carroll County, Leflore County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at May 11, 2009, 2:33 PM CDT for Carroll County, Leflore County, Mississippi. It was in force for 67 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2009, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2009, 9:29 AM CDT
In force: 67 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Carroll County, MS, Leflore County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Yalobusha River at Whaley (YWGM6).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 27 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 11, 12:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 12:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 11:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 11, 11:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1109 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2009

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

1000 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CROSSETT                33.13N 91.97W
05/11/2009                   ASHLEY             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED IN THE CROSSETT AREA. REPORTED BY
            ASHLEY COUNTY S.O.

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BURSE

Local storm report, May 11, 11:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1128 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2009

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

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     YAZOO CITY              32.86N 90.41W
05/09/2009                   YAZOO              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN YAZOO CITY. TWO
            TREES FELL ON TWO HOUSES WITH SOME MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE.

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MM

Local storm report, May 11, 12:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 12:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 12:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 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
May 10, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott	30 min
May 10, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	22 min
May 10, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott, Smith	69 min
May 10, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton	38 min
May 10, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Newton, Scott	45 min
May 10, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	59 min
May 10, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	70 min
May 10, 9:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale, Newton	57 min
May 10, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	27 min
May 10, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar	37 min
May 11, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Yazoo	43 min
May 11, 3:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Yazoo	63 min
May 11, 5:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Adams, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Copiah and 17 more	12 hr
May 11, 9:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Washington	5 hr
May 11, 10:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Sharkey	8 days
May 11, 9:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Morehouse	6 hr
May 11, 2:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Morehouse	3 hr
May 11, 8:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Ashley	3 hr
May 11, 11:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Ashley	3 hr
May 11, 2:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Chicot	6 hr
May 11, 2:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Ashley	6 hr

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.