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River Flood Advisory 12, NWS Jackson, MS

March 16, 2016Claiborne County, Jefferson County, Warren County, Mississippi; Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood advisory at Mar 16, 2016, 11:13 AM CDT for Claiborne County, Jefferson County, Warren County, Mississippi; Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2016, 11:13 AM CDT (16:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2016, 11:09 PM CDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Madison Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Claiborne County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Warren County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Vicksburg (VCKM6).

Action stage
35 ft
Minor stage
43 ft
Moderate stage
46 ft
Major stage
50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07289000, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Mar 16, 10:13 AM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 10:13 AM CDT, 1 hour before
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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.