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River Flood Warning 97, NWS Jackson, MS

May 1, 2013Clarke County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at May 1, 2013, 8:47 PM CDT for Clarke County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 2, 2013, 5:20 PM CDT. It was in force for 63 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2013, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
In effect from: May 2, 2013, 5:20 PM CDT
Expired: May 5, 2013, 8:20 AM CDT
In force: 63 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: Minor

County Clarke County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Chickasawhay River at Enterprise (ENSM6).

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 41 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02477000, 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, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 3:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 1:18 PM CDT, 7 hours 29 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, 3:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 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, 5 hours before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 3:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 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, 7:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	13 days
May 1, 9:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	8 days
May 1, 9:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	5 days
May 1, 9:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	4 days
May 1, 9:31 PM CDT	Flood Watch	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more	45 hr
May 2, 6:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	14 hr
May 2, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	12 days
May 2, 10:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	4 days

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.