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Flood Watch 1, NWS Jackson, MS

February 26, 20185 counties in Mississippi; Morehouse Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flood watch at Feb 26, 2018, 2:44 PM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi; Morehouse Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 27, 2018, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 26, 2018, 2:44 PM CST (20:44 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 27, 2018, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Mar 1, 2018, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: None

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Morehouse Parish, LA, Bolivar County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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 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 flood watch went out at Feb 26, 11:27 AM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 11:27 AM CST, 3 hours 17 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
Feb 25, 10:44 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar	61 min
Feb 26, 9:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	4 days
Feb 26, 9:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	3 days
Feb 26, 9:44 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	67 hr
Feb 26, 9:44 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	5 days
Feb 26, 9:46 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	44 hr
Feb 25, 6:42 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas	3 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2018 Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2018 Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2018 Every flood watch in 2018

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.