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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Jackson, MS

January 8, 201322 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Jan 8, 2013, 2:59 PM CST for 22 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 9, 2013, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 8, 2013, 2:59 PM CST (20:59 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 9, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 9, 2013, 4:08 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity
None
All 33 counties

Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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 Jan 8, 10:33 AM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 10:33 AM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
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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.