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Flash Flood Watch 11, NWS Jackson, MS

July 28, 201726 counties in Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Jul 28, 2017, 2:53 PM CDT for 26 counties in Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Jul 28, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2017, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 28, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 29, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity
None
All 29 counties

East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Newton County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Warren County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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 Jul 28, 1:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 1:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes 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.