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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Jackson, MS

January 1, 20177 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Jan 1, 2017, 8:31 AM CST for 7 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 1, 2017, 8:31 AM CST (14:31 UTC)
Expired: Jan 1, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: None

Counties Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Marion County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:30 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 Jan 1, 5:47 AM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 5:47 AM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 31, 10:13 PM CST, 10 hours 18 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
Dec 31, 8:38 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest	112 min
Dec 31, 10:00 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Holmes and 10 more	12 hr
Jan 1, 1:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lamar	43 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2017 Every flash flood watch in 2017

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.