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River Flood Warning 58, NWS Jackson, MS

May 31, 2015Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2015, 10:13 AM CDT for Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jun 1, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2015, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 1, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 5, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Black River near Bentonia (BTAM6).

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07289730, 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 31, 4:49 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 4:49 AM 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 30, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lamar, Marion	26 min
May 30, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lamar	24 min
May 30, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Smith	37 min
May 30, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lamar	30 min
May 31, 12:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne	35 min
May 31, 12:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds	28 min
May 31, 12:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	41 min
May 31, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	30 min
May 31, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	43 min
May 31, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	67 min
May 31, 1:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	25 min
May 31, 1:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	47 min
May 31, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott, Smith	36 min
May 31, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala	25 min
May 31, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leake	34 min
May 31, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	33 min
May 31, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Winston	37 min
May 31, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Oktibbeha	23 min
May 31, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Neshoba, Winston	25 min
May 31, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	30 min
May 31, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	30 min
May 31, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay	25 min
May 31, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Noxubee	25 min
May 31, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	34 min

Nearby

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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.