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River Flood Warning 88, NWS Jackson, MS

April 19, 2013Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Apr 19, 2013, 9:28 AM CDT for Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It took effect at Apr 19, 2013, 8:12 PM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2013, 9:28 AM CDT (14:28 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 19, 2013, 8:12 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 21, 2013, 8:32 AM CDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Black River near Bentonia (BTAM6). The gauge peaked at 21.38 ft at Apr 20, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07289730, 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 19, 4:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 4:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 19, 8:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 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
Apr 18, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	66 min
Apr 18, 7:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	2 hr
Apr 18, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha	61 min
Apr 18, 8:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake	10 min
Apr 18, 10:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	4 days
Apr 18, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	32 min

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.