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Flash Flood Watch 11, NWS Jackson, MS

May 9, 201337 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at May 9, 2013, 7:44 PM CDT for 37 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 10, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2013, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
In effect from: May 10, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 10, 2013, 12:03 PM CDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: None

All 48 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, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Newton County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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 May 9, 3:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 3:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 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
May 10, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Yazoo	30 min
May 10, 1:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	45 min
May 10, 1:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	42 min
May 10, 3:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams	32 min
May 10, 3:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin, Jefferson	55 min
May 10, 3:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin	28 min
May 10, 4:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	3 hr
May 10, 4:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	2 hr
May 10, 6:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	5 days
May 10, 10:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	58 hr
May 10, 10:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	47 hr
May 10, 10:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	10 hr
May 9, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Morehouse	27 min
May 10, 1:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Concordia	44 min
May 10, 2:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	43 min
May 9, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	40 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2013 Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2013 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2013 Every flash flood watch in 2013

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.