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Flash Flood Watch 11, NWS Jackson, MS

July 17, 201435 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Jul 17, 2014, 8:47 PM CDT for 35 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jul 18, 2014, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2014, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 18, 2014, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 18, 2014, 2:44 PM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: None

All 46 counties

Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Newton County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 17, 3:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 3:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 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
Jul 18, 11:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Grenada, Sunflower	43 min
Jul 18, 12:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lamar	30 min
Jul 18, 12:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Grenada, Leflore, Sunflower	2 hr
Jul 18, 1:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Marion	30 min
Jul 18, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	56 min
Jul 18, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	42 min
Jul 18, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	40 min
Jul 18, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	40 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2014 Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2014 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2014 Every flash flood watch in 2014

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.