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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Jackson, MS

January 12, 201316 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Jan 12, 2013, 4:31 AM CST for 16 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 12, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2013, 4:31 AM CST (10:31 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 13, 2013, 4:19 PM CST
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: None

All 27 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, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Leflore 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), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 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 11, 8:43 PM CST, 7 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 8:43 PM CST, 7 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 2:52 PM CST, 13 hours 39 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
Jan 12, 8:53 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	112 min
Jan 12, 10:00 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	12 days
Jan 12, 10:00 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	15 days
Jan 12, 10:08 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	3 days
Jan 12, 10:16 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Yazoo	10 days
Jan 12, 10:32 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	7 days
Jan 12, 10:46 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	4 hr
Jan 12, 10:20 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Madison	7 days

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.