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Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Jackson, MS

February 18, 20126 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this areal flood warning at Feb 18, 2012, 6:40 PM CST for 6 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 18, 2012, 6:40 PM CST (00:40 UTC)
Expired: Feb 19, 2012, 12:30 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Marion County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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 areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Feb 18, 4:12 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 4:12 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 3:26 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 18, 2:35 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
235 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 PM     FLASH FLOOD      COLUMBIA                31.26N 89.83W
02/18/2012                   MARION             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER WAS ENTERING ONE HOME AND ONE SHOP ON OWENS STREET
            IN COLUMBIA.

&&

BK

Local storm report, Feb 18, 2:37 PM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
237 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 PM     FLASH FLOOD      COLUMBIA                31.26N 89.83W
02/18/2012                   MARION             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STREETS WERE BEGINNING TO FLOOD IN COLUMBIA. HUNT ROAD IN
            THE KOKOMO COMMUNITY IS WASHED OUT AND IS BEING CLOSED.

&&

BK

Local storm report, Feb 18, 2:45 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
245 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1135 AM     FLASH FLOOD      HATTIESBURG             31.31N 89.31W
02/18/2012                   FORREST            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STREET FLOODING IN HATTIESBURG.

1140 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ST. JOSEPH              31.92N 91.24W
02/18/2012                   TENSAS             LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER ACROSS SEVERAL ROADS IN THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
            PARISH. NO ROAD CLOSURES YET.

0100 PM     FLASH FLOOD      COLUMBIA                31.26N 89.83W
02/18/2012                   MARION             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STREETS WERE BEGINNING TO FLOOD IN COLUMBIA. HUNT ROAD IN
            THE KOKOMO COMMUNITY IS WASHED OUT AND IS BEING CLOSED.

0130 PM     FLASH FLOOD      COLUMBIA                31.26N 89.83W
02/18/2012                   MARION             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER WAS ENTERING ONE HOME AND ONE SHOP ON OWENS STREET
            IN COLUMBIA.

0200 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MERIDIAN                32.38N 88.71W
02/18/2012                   LAUDERDALE         MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL ROADS WITH WATER ACROSS THEM IN WESTERN PORTIONS
            OF THE COUNTY.

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Local storm report, Feb 18, 3:30 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 18, 3:34 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 18, 3:42 PM CST, 2 hours 58 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
Feb 18, 8:43 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	4 days
Feb 19, 10:34 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	3 days

Nearby

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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.