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River Flood Warning 20, NWS New Orleans, LA

February 28, 2016Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at Feb 28, 2016, 7:27 AM CST for Jackson County, Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 29, 2016, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2016, 7:27 AM CST (13:27 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 29, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 3, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Jackson County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Pascagoula River at Graham Ferry (PGFM6). The gauge peaked at 15.99 ft at Feb 28, 2016, 4:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02479310, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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.