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River Flood Warning 58, NWS Jackson, MS

June 24, 2017Lawrence County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Jun 24, 2017, 7:17 AM CDT for Lawrence County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jun 24, 2017, 5:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 24, 2017, 7:17 AM CDT (12:17 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 24, 2017, 5:30 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 28, 2017, 8:11 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lawrence County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pearl River near Monticello (MTCM6). The gauge peaked at 22.71 ft at Jun 26, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02488500, 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 Jun 24, 7:17 AM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 7:17 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 4:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
448 AM CDT SAT JUN 24 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 PM     FLOOD            7 NNE ENTERPRISE        32.26N 88.76W
06/23/2017                   LAUDERDALE         MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BRONSON ROAD BRIDGE OVER THE OKATIBBEE CREEK
            WAS IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	55 min
Jun 23, 7:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	12 hr
Jun 23, 7:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leflore, Sunflower	55 min
Jun 23, 8:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	12 hr
Jun 23, 8:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena	56 min
Jun 23, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	55 min
Jun 23, 10:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Yazoo	3 hr
Jun 23, 10:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest	117 min
Jun 24, 3:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Adams, Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, Jasper and 6 more	15 hr
Jun 24, 7:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	5 days
Jun 24, 7:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	6 days
Jun 24, 11:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	4 days
Jun 23, 8:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Richland	53 min
Jun 23, 9:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Richland	114 min
Jun 24, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Concordia	54 min
Jun 23, 8:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Ashley	96 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.