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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Jackson, MS

February 11, 2013Copiah County, Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Feb 11, 2013, 2:14 PM CST for Copiah County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 11, 2013, 10:36 PM CST. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2013, 2:14 PM CST (20:14 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 11, 2013, 10:36 PM CST
Expired
Mar 2, 2013, 8:33 PM CST
In force
19 days
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Copiah County, MS, Simpson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pearl River at Rockport (ROCM6).

Action stage
24 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
35 ft
Major stage
39 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02488000, 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 Feb 11, 10:25 AM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 10:25 AM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 11:04 AM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 11, 9:00 AM CST, 5 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
900 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0145 AM     HAIL             3 SE SUMRALL            31.39N 89.51W
02/11/2013  E0.88 INCH       LAMAR              MS   PUBLIC

            ON HWY 589

0120 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ELLISVILLE              31.60N 89.21W
02/11/2013                   JONES              MS   PUBLIC

            FLOODING AROUND ELLSIVILLE WITH WATER IN A HOME.

&&

CME
Local storm report, Feb 11, 9:06 AM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
906 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0512 PM     TORNADO          3 W WEST HATTIESBURG    31.32N 89.43W
02/10/2013                   LAMAR              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 19 INJ *** TORNADIC DAMAGE REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY
            WITH 19 INJURED AND WERE SENT TO AREA HOSPITALS...2
            CRITICAL.

&&

CME
Local storm report, Feb 11, 9:14 AM CST, 5 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
914 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0125 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FERRIDAY                31.63N 91.56W
02/10/2013                   CONCORDIA          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN IN TOWN

&&

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Local storm report, Feb 11, 11:39 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 6:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones64 min
Feb 10, 6:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar3 hr
Feb 10, 7:23 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANHinds, Warren21 days
Feb 10, 8:25 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake5 days
Feb 10, 9:04 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningJANJones6 hr
Feb 10, 9:08 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANWarren32 min
Feb 10, 9:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar, Marion49 min
Feb 10, 9:38 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds52 min
Feb 10, 9:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar, Marion4 hr
Feb 10, 10:17 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANJones6 days
Feb 10, 10:35 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANClaiborne45 min
Feb 10, 10:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion50 min
Feb 10, 11:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest52 min
Feb 10, 11:25 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds30 min
Feb 10, 11:31 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANJasper, Jones119 min
Feb 11, 1:13 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington, Lamar, Marion57 min
Feb 11, 1:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANJasper, Jones3 hr
Feb 11, 1:39 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest, Lamar76 min
Feb 11, 1:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar60 min
Feb 11, 1:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar, Marion4 hr
Feb 11, 6:40 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion12 hr
Feb 11, 10:01 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANForrest58 hr
Feb 11, 10:01 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest58 hr
Feb 11, 10:01 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANForrest48 hr
Feb 11, 10:43 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANLawrence21 days
Feb 11, 10:43 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANMarion20 days
Feb 11, 10:45 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANClarke4 days
Feb 11, 3:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WatchJANClaiborne, Hinds, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Madison and 5 more27 hr
Feb 11, 4:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchJANConcordia38 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2013Every 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.