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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Jackson, MS

February 10, 201347 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Feb 10, 2013, 4:59 AM CST for 47 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 10, 2013, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 56 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 10, 2013, 4:59 AM CST (10:59 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 10, 2013, 10:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 12, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 56 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 11:04 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 Feb 9, 9:25 PM CST, 7 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 9:25 PM CST, 7 hours 34 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 10, 7:54 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	7 days
Feb 10, 9:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	43 min
Feb 10, 10:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	37 min
Feb 10, 10:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo	29 min
Feb 10, 10:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	67 min
Feb 10, 11:19 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	116 min
Feb 10, 11:35 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala, Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	40 min
Feb 10, 11:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Warren	50 min
Feb 10, 11:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Winston	40 min
Feb 10, 11:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba	49 min
Feb 10, 12:13 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Warren	2 hr
Feb 10, 12:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton, Scott	46 min
Feb 10, 12:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	56 min
Feb 10, 1:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds	54 min
Feb 10, 1:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	39 min
Feb 10, 1:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln	50 min
Feb 10, 1:24 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	4 hr
Feb 10, 1:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	14 min
Feb 10, 1:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	47 min
Feb 10, 1:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	53 min
Feb 10, 1:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	49 min
Feb 10, 2:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln	57 min
Feb 10, 2:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	63 min
Feb 10, 2:16 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin, Scott	119 min
Feb 10, 2:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	53 min
Feb 10, 2:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	59 min
Feb 10, 2:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson	55 min
Feb 10, 2:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	53 min
Feb 10, 2:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	46 min
Feb 10, 3:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	41 min
Feb 10, 3:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence	52 min
Feb 10, 3:26 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	2 hr
Feb 10, 3:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	64 min
Feb 10, 3:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	48 min
Feb 10, 3:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lincoln	58 min
Feb 10, 3:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Simpson	48 min
Feb 10, 4:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Marion	64 min
Feb 10, 4:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence	43 min
Feb 10, 4:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	68 min
Feb 10, 4:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	62 min
Feb 10, 4:34 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln	116 min
Feb 10, 4:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	51 min
Feb 10, 4:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	JAN	Lamar	33 min
Feb 10, 4:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	JAN	Forrest, Jones	63 min
Feb 10, 5:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	29 min
Feb 10, 5:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington	40 min
Feb 10, 5:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	51 min
Feb 10, 5:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	39 min
Feb 10, 5:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	48 min
Feb 10, 5:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	54 min
Feb 10, 5:54 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones	3 hr
Feb 10, 8:36 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	West Carroll	29 min
Feb 10, 9:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse, West Carroll	45 min
Feb 10, 9:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll	48 min
Feb 10, 1:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	39 min
Feb 10, 8:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	55 min
Feb 10, 9:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	52 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.