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River Flood Warning 83, NWS Jackson, MS

April 13, 2013Sunflower County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Apr 13, 2013, 7:24 PM CDT for Sunflower County, Mississippi. It took effect at Apr 15, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2013, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2013, 7:39 PM CDT
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity
Minor

County Sunflower County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Sunflower River at Sunflower (SUNM6). The gauge peaked at 21.00 ft at Apr 15, 2013, 9:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07288500, 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 Apr 13, 4:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 4:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 13, 5:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 13, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 6:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMarion3 hr
Apr 14, 7:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest59 min
Apr 14, 8:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala, Choctaw, Copiah, Hinds, Leake, Madison and 4 more68 min
Apr 14, 8:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest114 min
Apr 14, 9:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAdams59 min
Apr 14, 9:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCarroll, Choctaw, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 23 more74 min
Apr 14, 9:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANNeshoba34 hr
Apr 14, 10:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale2 hr
Apr 14, 10:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Copiah, Covington and 24 more74 min
Apr 14, 11:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANJones71 hr
Apr 14, 12:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChoctaw, Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jones and 12 more103 min

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.