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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Jackson, MS

January 4, 2015Franklin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Jan 4, 2015, 11:11 AM CST for Franklin Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 6, 2015, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 4, 2015, 11:11 AM CST (17:11 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 6, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 7, 2015, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 45 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Franklin Parish, LA

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Boeuf River near Fort Necessity (NECL1).

Action stage: 49 ft
Minor stage: 50 ft
Moderate stage: 55 ft
Major stage: 60 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Jan 4, 10:43 AM CST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 10:43 AM CST, 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 4, 11:09 AM CST, 2 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
Jan 3, 8:43 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion	10 hr
Jan 3, 9:27 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	8 days
Jan 3, 9:42 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	4 days
Jan 3, 9:44 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Newton, Scott, Simpson and 1 more	10 hr
Jan 3, 10:03 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke, Kemper, Lauderdale	10 hr
Jan 4, 9:26 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes	65 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.