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River Flood Warning 70, NWS Jackson, MS

March 12, 2013Copiah County, Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2013, 3:03 PM CDT for Copiah County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 13, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2013, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 13, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 13, 2013, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 14 hr
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 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Mar 11, 3:30 PM CDT, 23 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 3:30 PM CDT, 23 hours 33 minutes before

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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.