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River Flood Advisory 10, NWS Jackson, MS

April 12, 2011Bolivar County, Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Desha County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood advisory at Apr 12, 2011, 2:05 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Desha County, Arkansas. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2011, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2011, 11:53 AM CDT
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS

Counties Chicot County, AR, Desha County, AR, Bolivar County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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 Mississippi River near Arkansas City (ARSA4).

Action stage: 36 ft
Minor stage: 37 ft
Moderate stage: 40 ft
Major stage: 44 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Apr 11, 6:53 PM CDT, 19 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 6:53 PM CDT, 19 hours 12 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
Apr 12, 2:05 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Issaquena, Washington	18 days
Apr 12, 2:05 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	8 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Mississippi, 2011 River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2011 Every river flood advisory in 2011

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.