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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Jackson, MS

April 27, 201441 counties in Mississippi; 5 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Apr 27, 2014, 11:19 AM CDT for 41 counties in Mississippi; 5 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 28, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2014, 11:19 AM CDT (16:19 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 28, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 29, 2014, 4:26 AM CDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity
None
All 48 counties

Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper 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, 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), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 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 26, 3:51 PM CDT, 19 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 3:51 PM CDT, 19 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 3:23 PM CDT, 19 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
323 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2014

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-041-272030-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-SHARKEY-
323 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

TORNADOES
RISK...ELEVATED
TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
RISK...ELEVATED
TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON

A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS STATES MAY BRING
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE OUTLOOK
AREA BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE DELTA REGION. WE ARE
CONFIDENT THAT THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
STRONG TORNADO WITH RATING EF2 OR GREATER...WIND GUSTS OF 70 MPH OR
GREATER AND/OR HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE.

(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC= 1)

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY

ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING
TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE.
HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LIKELY...AND AS STORMS CONTINUE INTO MONDAY
NIGHT...THE RISK FOR FLOODING MAY INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY.

.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
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY.

LAZ015-016-023>026-MSZ026>033-036>040-042>066-072>074-272030-
RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-
GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-
HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-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-
323 PM CDT SAT APR 26 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY

A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS STATES MAY BRING
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE OUTLOOK
AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP AS
EARLY AS SUNDAY NIGHT OVER THE DELTA REGION...AND CONTINUE THROUGH
TUESDAY.

.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 THROUGH TUESDAY.

22

&&

...HAZARD LEGEND...

*TORNADOES*
EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN STRONG TORNADOES WITH RATINGS EF2 OR
 GREATER.
HIGH...STRONG TORNADOES POSSIBLE WITH RATINGS EF2 OR GREATER.
ELEVATED...CONFIDENT IN TORNADOES.
LIMITED...TORNADOES POSSIBLE.

*SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS* EXTREME...CONFIDENT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
 WITH WIND GUSTS OF 75 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 2 INCH DIAMETER OR
 LARGER HAIL. HIGH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS OF
 75 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 2 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL.
 ELEVATED...CONFIDENT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS GUSTS OF 60
 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR 1 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL.
 LIMITED...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR
 GREATER AND/OR 1 INCH DIAMETER OR LARGER HAIL.

...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
FIND NWS JAN ON FACEBOOK...
   WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.JACKSONMS.GOV
FOLLOW NWS JAN ON TWITTER...
   @NWSJACKSONMS

...ADDITIONAL URLS FOR SEVERE WEATHER ISSUES...

STORM PREDICTION CENTER (SPC)...
   WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/
SPC...MESO ANALYSIS...
   WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/EXPER/MESOANALYSIS/NEW/#
SPC...DAY 1 THROUGH 3 OUTLOOKS...
   WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/OUTLOOK/
SPC...STORM REPORTS...
   WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/CLIMO/
NWS JAN CURRENT SVR/TOR WATCHES...
   WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/RTIMAGES/JAN/WATCH/TOASVA.PNG

   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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 5:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSharkey28 min
Apr 27, 5:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSharkey29 min
Apr 27, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo29 min
Apr 27, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson48 min
Apr 27, 6:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHumphreys29 min
Apr 27, 6:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClaiborne28 min
Apr 27, 6:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne27 min
Apr 27, 6:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANBolivar, Leflore, Sunflower58 min
Apr 27, 6:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWashington21 min
Apr 27, 6:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington47 min
Apr 27, 7:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison31 min
Apr 27, 7:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds31 min
Apr 27, 7:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds25 min
Apr 27, 7:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake31 min
Apr 27, 7:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo38 min
Apr 27, 8:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Rankin3 hr
Apr 27, 8:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANBolivar32 min
Apr 27, 8:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba32 min
Apr 27, 9:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba31 min
Apr 27, 9:32 AM CDTWind AdvisoryJANBolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 1 more11 hr
Apr 27, 9:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo64 min
Apr 27, 9:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANClay5 days
Apr 27, 9:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANNoxubee7 days
Apr 27, 11:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha119 min
Apr 27, 12:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChoctaw, Oktibbeha62 min
Apr 27, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANBolivar28 min
Apr 27, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANBolivar37 min
Apr 27, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar18 min
Apr 27, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAdams43 min
Apr 27, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANBolivar30 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2014Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2014Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2014Every 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.