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River Flood Warning 94, NWS Jackson, MS

July 30, 2009Attala County, Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Jul 30, 2009, 9:57 AM CDT for Attala County, Holmes County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jul 31, 2009, 9:34 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 2009, 9:57 AM CDT (14:57 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 31, 2009, 9:34 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 1, 2009, 9:19 PM CDT
In force
36 hr
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 15:00 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 Big Black River at West (WSTM6). The gauge peaked at 13.22 ft at Aug 1, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT.

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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 Jul 30, 9:55 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 9:55 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 6:03 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
603 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2009

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023-MSZ018-019-025>050-311115-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-
MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-
HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-
MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-
603 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND
TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. DUE
TO THE VERY MOIST GROUND...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS
AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT FOR
DETAILS.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH 40 TO 60 MPH WIND
GUSTS AND HAIL. THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL BE DETERMINED BY HOW
MUCH DAYTIME HEATING CAN OCCUR AS WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER MAY LIMIT
HEATING AND INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...UNSEASONABLY STRONG WINDS ALOFT
MAY HELP TO ORGANIZE STORMS INTO A LINE AND THIS WOULD INCREASE THE
POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT ONE
OR TWO TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IF SEVERE STORMS CAN
DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF 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 AND TONIGHT.

LAZ024>026-MSZ051>066-072>074-311115-
CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-
SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-
LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
603 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN THE DAYTIME
HEATING...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE AND POTENTIAL DURING THE MID TO
LATE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WOULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND A QUICK ONE TO TWO
INCHES OF RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF 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...IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

EC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 8:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANWashington3 hr
Jul 29, 8:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJANAttala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 22 more35 hr
Jul 30, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion42 min
Jul 30, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar38 min
Jul 30, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones25 min
Jul 30, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey44 min
Jul 30, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin39 min
Jul 30, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo50 min
Jul 30, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton34 min
Jul 30, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Warren, Yazoo43 min
Jul 30, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Yazoo50 min
Jul 30, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Madison, Rankin, Scott, Yazoo47 min
Jul 30, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes67 min
Jul 30, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore45 min
Jul 30, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster51 min
Jul 30, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Leake, Neshoba, Winston60 min
Jul 30, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Webster42 min
Jul 30, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston51 min
Jul 30, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes25 min
Jul 30, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay20 min
Jul 29, 11:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2009Every 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.