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River Flood Warning 97, NWS Jackson, MS

September 21, 2009Attala County, Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Sep 21, 2009, 7:45 PM CDT for Attala County, Holmes County, Mississippi. It took effect at Sep 22, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 21, 2009, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 22, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 2, 2009, 8:08 PM CDT
In force: 10 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 00:46 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 20.44 ft at Sep 26, 2009, 10:00 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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 21, 7:36 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 21, 7:27 PM CDT, 18 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
Sep 21, 9:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	23 hr
Sep 21, 9:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	23 hr
Sep 22, 1:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	43 min
Sep 22, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys	51 min
Sep 22, 3:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 33 more	15 hr
Sep 22, 4:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	8 days
Sep 22, 4:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Rankin	115 min
Sep 22, 4:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	119 min
Sep 22, 6:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	2 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.