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River Flood Warning 99, NWS Jackson, MS

May 1, 2013Leake County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at May 1, 2013, 9:13 PM CDT for Leake County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 4, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2013, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
In effect from: May 4, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 7, 2013, 9:06 AM CDT
In force: 3 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 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Yockanookany River near Ofahoma (OFAM6). The gauge peaked at 21.09 ft at May 4, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02484500, 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, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 3:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 1:18 PM CDT, 7 hours 55 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, 3:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 3:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 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, 8:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	3 days
May 1, 9:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	8 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.