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River Flood Warning 115, NWS Jackson, MS

May 18, 2013Carroll County, Leflore County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at May 18, 2013, 8:16 AM CDT for Carroll County, Leflore County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 18, 2013, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2013, 8:16 AM CDT (13:16 UTC)
In effect from: May 18, 2013, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 18, 2013, 8:25 PM CDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Carroll County, MS, Leflore County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Yalobusha River at Whaley (YWGM6).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 17, 3:16 PM CDT, 17 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 3:16 PM CDT, 17 hours 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 17, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala	31 min
May 17, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Montgomery	32 min
May 17, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala	29 min
May 17, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster	51 min
May 18, 1:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	27 min
May 18, 1:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Oktibbeha	31 min
May 18, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw	30 min
May 18, 1:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Webster	30 min
May 18, 1:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay	20 min
May 18, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Webster	30 min
May 18, 3:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Webster	52 min
May 18, 3:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	41 min
May 18, 4:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay	47 min
May 18, 11:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	69 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2013 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.