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River Flood Warning 103, NWS Jackson, MS

May 2, 2013Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at May 2, 2013, 10:25 AM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 5, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2013, 10:25 AM CDT (15:25 UTC)
In effect from: May 5, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 6, 2013, 8:37 PM CDT
In force: 38 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: Minor

County Jones County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tallahala Creek at Laurel (LURM6). The gauge peaked at 14.51 ft at May 5, 2013, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 16.5 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02473500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at May 2, 10:25 AM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 10:25 AM CDT, 0 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 1, 7:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	13 days
May 1, 8:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	3 days
May 1, 9:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	8 days
May 1, 9:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	5 days
May 1, 9:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	4 days
May 1, 9:31 PM CDT	Flood Watch	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more	45 hr
May 2, 6:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	14 hr
May 2, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	12 days

Nearby

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.