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Flash Flood Watch 14, NWS Jackson, MS

September 20, 201347 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Sep 20, 2013, 1:45 PM CDT for 47 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Sep 20, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 20, 2013, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 20, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 21, 2013, 10:14 AM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: None

All 58 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, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay 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, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha 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, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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 Sep 20, 11:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 11:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 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
Sep 20, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln	41 min
Sep 20, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah, Hinds	44 min
Sep 20, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	39 min
Sep 20, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	24 min
Sep 20, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	43 min
Sep 20, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Catahoula, Franklin	42 min
Sep 20, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	East Carroll, Franklin, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll	44 min
Sep 20, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	East Carroll, Franklin, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll	35 min
Sep 20, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	East Carroll, West Carroll	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.