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River Flood Warning 95, NWS Jackson, MS

May 1, 2013Leake County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at May 1, 2013, 5:25 PM CDT for Leake County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 2, 2013, 9:07 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2013, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
In effect from: May 2, 2013, 9:07 AM CDT
Expired: May 11, 2013, 7:51 AM CDT
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: Minor

County Leake County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pearl River near Carthage (CARM6).

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02482550, 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 1, 3:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 3:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 1:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
118 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
021830-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-
CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-
SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-
LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
118 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA TO THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST BY EARLY THURSDAY.
PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. AREA RADARS HAVE SHOWED THAT RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF AROUND A HALF INCH TO LOCALLY TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN
OVER THE ARKLAMISS AS OF THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
THROUGH TONIGHT AS AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO LOCALLY THREE INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING ISSUES AS
WELL AS SOME LIMITED RISES IN SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING
AREAS IN WATER LEVELS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TUESDAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 1:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

MSZ063-064-072-073-011930-
MARION MS-LAWRENCE MS-LAMAR MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
159 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
159 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN MARION COUNTY...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINEBUR AT 159 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS...WEST CENTRAL LAMAR...EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE AND MARION COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3136 9004 3149 8979 3117 8961 3108 8979
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 148DEG 11KT 3120 8975

Special weather statement, May 1, 3:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

MSZ061-012040-
FRANKLIN MS-
311 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
311 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF KIRBY AT 311 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3140 9099 3161 9110 3161 9086 3146 9080
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 159DEG 11KT 3152 9093

BK

Special weather statement, May 1, 3:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 3:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 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
May 1, 11:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Neshoba, Winston	110 min
May 1, 12:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Montgomery	113 min
May 1, 12:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Holmes	2 hr
May 1, 1:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Marion	31 min
May 1, 2:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	9 days
May 1, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin	29 min
May 1, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson	31 min
May 1, 5:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	6 days
May 1, 5:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	7 days
May 1, 5:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	4 days
May 1, 3:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, Tensas	3 hr
May 1, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin	33 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.