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River Flood Warning 90, NWS Jackson, MS

May 23, 2009Attala County, Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at May 23, 2009, 8:03 PM CDT for Attala County, Holmes County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 24, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2009, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
In effect from: May 24, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 31, 2009, 8:19 AM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Attala County, MS, Holmes County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Black River at West (WSTM6). The gauge peaked at 18.74 ft at May 28, 2009, 12:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07289350, 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 23, 8:00 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 8:00 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 2:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 44 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 24, 8:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	5 days
May 24, 2:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar	115 min
May 24, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	33 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.