Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Watches in 2010
Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Apr 30, 2010, 3:08 PM CDT for 20 counties in Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 1, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 47 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2010, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 3, 2010, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Flood severity
- None
All 25 counties
Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Apr 30, 11:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 11:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 3:07 PM CDT, 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 307 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 012015- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-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-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH- SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN- LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 307 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY CORRIDOR AND ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST DELTA REGION. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GRENADA TO YAZOO CITY TO BASTROP. THIS ACTIVITY COMES AS COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE ARE DRAWN INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. TORNADOES...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY CORRIDOR AND ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST DELTA REGION. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES ACROSS THE NORTHWEST DELTA REGION ON SATURDAY. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME ON SATURDAY...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON SATURDAY. THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST DELTA. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS REGION. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL BE NEEDED AT TIMES TONIGHT AND WILL BE NEEDED ON SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY INTO SUNDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. COHEN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 2:50 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 250 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010 MSZ026>028-302030- GRENADA MS-CARROLL MS-MONTGOMERY MS- 250 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER ELLIOTT AT 250 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY...NORTH CENTRAL CARROLL AND EASTERN GRENADA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. JA
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2010Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2010Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2010Every flash flood watch in 2010
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.