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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Jackson, MS

April 5, 201447 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Apr 5, 2014, 3:01 PM CDT for 47 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 6, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2014, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 6, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 7, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: None

All 58 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, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay 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, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha 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, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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 Apr 5, 2:48 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 2:48 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 5:11 AM CDT, 9 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
511 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2014

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
061015-
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-
511 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

WE ARE CONFIDENT IN HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG
AND SOUTH OF A BASTROP TO GRENADA LINE FOR SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH CAN LEAD TO FLASH AND RIVER FLOODING ISSUES. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR THESE LOCATIONS.

IN ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 60 MPH WIND
GUSTS AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST
OF A NATCHEZ TO CANTON TO MACON LINE SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION SUNDAY
NIGHT.

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&&

...HAZARD LEGEND...

NO SHORT TERM HAZARDS EXPECTED.

...USEFUL WEATHER WEB PAGES (URLS)...

NWS JAN HOME PAGE...
   WWW.WEATHER.GOV/JAN
STAY AWARE, STAY SAFE NWS JAN BRIEFING PAGE...
   WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN/?N=SAFE
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   WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.JACKSONMS.GOV
FOLLOW NWS JAN ON TWITTER...
   @NWSJACKSONMS

   PLEASE CONVERT ALL WEB ADDRESSES TO LOWER CASE BEFORE ENTERING!

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	7 days
Apr 5, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	16 days
Apr 5, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	5 days
Apr 5, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	5 days
Apr 5, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	15 days
Apr 5, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	17 days
Apr 5, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	5 days
Apr 5, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	15 days
Apr 5, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	20 days
Apr 5, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	22 days
Apr 5, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Simpson	5 days
Apr 5, 11:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	6 days
Apr 5, 11:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	6 days

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.