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River Flood Warning 126, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2018, 6:07 AM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It took effect at Dec 28, 2018, 8:28 AM CST. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2018, 6:07 AM CST (12:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2018, 8:28 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2018, 8:37 AM CST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Forrest County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The river
Written for the forecast point Leaf River at Hattiesburg (HATM6). The gauge peaked at 24.27 ft at Dec 28, 2018, 7:00 PM CST.
- Action stage
- 16 ft
- Minor stage
- 22 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 29.3 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02473000, 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 Dec 28, 4:38 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 4:38 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 4:09 AM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson MS 409 AM CST Fri Dec 28 2018 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>030-032>037- 040>044-047>050-053-054-059>061-291015- Ashley-Chicot-Morehouse-West Carroll-East Carroll-Richland- Madison LA-Franklin LA-Catahoula-Tensas-Concordia-Bolivar- Sunflower-Leflore-Grenada-Carroll-Montgomery-Webster-Clay-Choctaw- Oktibbeha-Washington-Humphreys-Holmes-Attala-Issaquena-Sharkey- Yazoo-Madison MS-Leake-Warren-Hinds-Rankin-Scott-Claiborne-Copiah- Jefferson-Adams-Franklin MS- 409 AM CST Fri Dec 28 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast Arkansas, northeast Louisiana, central Mississippi, north central Mississippi, southwest Mississippi, and west central Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... The activation of storm spotters, HAM radio operators, and emergency management personnel in support of severe weather operations is not expected through next Thursday. MSZ031-038-039-045-051-055-056-062-063-291015- Lowndes-Winston-Noxubee-Neshoba-Newton-Simpson-Smith-Lincoln- Lawrence- 409 AM CST Fri Dec 28 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central Mississippi, east central Mississippi, northeast Mississippi, and south central Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight FLOODING THREAT...Limited TIMING...Today Localized flash flooding is possible this morning, particularly in low lying and urban areas. Minor river flooding is also possible. Additional rain amounts should be generally an inch or less. (https://www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/1.png) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... The activation of storm spotters, HAM radio operators, and emergency management personnel in support of severe weather operations is not expected through next Thursday. MSZ046-052-057-058-064>066-072>074-291015- Kemper-Lauderdale-Jasper-Clarke-Jefferson Davis-Covington-Jones- Marion-Lamar-Forrest- 409 AM CST Fri Dec 28 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of east central Mississippi, south central Mississippi, and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight FLOODING THREAT...Elevated TIMING...Today Even though rain will be tapering off from west to area, areas of flash flooding remain likely this morning and some roads could be flooded or closed. Some structures may be potentially threatened by high water. Minor to moderate river flooding is also possible. Additional rain amounts should generally be less than 2 inches. (https://www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/1.png) .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... The activation of storm spotters, HAM radio operators, and emergency management personnel in support of severe weather operations is not expected through next Thursday. 50 && ...HAZARD LEGEND... *FLOODING* Extreme...Widespread and significant flooding is likely. Significant...Widespread flash flooding is likely and significant flooding is possible. Elevated...Areas of flash flooding likely. Limited...Localized flash flooding is possible. ...USEFUL WEATHER WEB PAGES (URLS)... NWS JAN Home page... https://www.weather.gov/jan Stay Aware, Stay Safe NWS JAN Briefing Page... https://www.weather.gov/jan/safe Latest Weather Briefing... https://www.weather.gov/jan/weather_briefing Find NWS JAN on Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/NWSJacksonMS Follow NWS JAN on Twitter... @NWSJacksonMS Follow NWS JAN on Youtube... https://www.youtube.com/user/NWSJacksonMiss ...ADDITIONAL URLS FOR FLOODING ISSUES... Current Watches and Warnings... https://www.weather.gov/jan/safe_HeavyRain Observed Precipitation Images... https://www.weather.gov/jan/precipmaps River Forecast Center... https://www.weather.gov/lmrfc/ Significant River Flood Outlook... https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/nationalfloodoutlook/index.html Day 1 through 3 Excessive Rainfall... https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/excess_rain.shtml Excessive Rainfall Discussion... https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/qpferd.html Day 1 through 7 QPF... https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/qpf2.shtml QPF Discussion... https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/qpfpfd.html
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 28, 12:17 AM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1217 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1210 AM FLASH FLOOD QUITMAN 32.04N 88.73W
12/28/2018 CLARKE MS EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER IS STARTING TO ENTER HOMES IN QUITMAN.
&&
JCLocal storm report, Dec 28, 12:20 AM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1220 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1210 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 NE LAUREL 31.70N 89.14W
12/28/2018 JONES MS EMERGENCY MNGR
5 WATER RESCUES ONGOING IN MULTIPLE PARTS OF
JONES COUNTY.
&&
JCLocal storm report, Dec 28, 2:20 AM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
220 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 NNW WEST HATTIESBURG 31.38N 89.40W
12/28/2018 FORREST MS PUBLIC
TWO HOMES EVACUATED DUE TO FLOODING IN THE
LOCKWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD OF RAWLS SPRINGS.
&&
MMELocal storm report, Dec 28, 3:49 AM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
349 AM CST FRI DEC 28 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 N WEST HATTIESBURG 31.39N 89.38W
12/28/2018 FORREST MS EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER RESCUE AT 177 ARCHIE SMITH ROAD AS A
MOBILE HOME ON STILTS FELL INTO FLOODED
CREEK.
&&
MMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 6:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 4 hr |
| Dec 27, 7:56 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 13 days |
| Dec 27, 8:20 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 14 days |
| Dec 27, 8:20 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 15 days |
| Dec 27, 8:38 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 19 days |
| Dec 27, 8:38 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 20 days |
| Dec 27, 8:38 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Simpson | 13 hr |
| Dec 27, 8:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 32 min |
| Dec 27, 9:20 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest | 47 hr |
| Dec 27, 9:25 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 12 days |
| Dec 27, 9:29 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 71 hr |
| Dec 27, 9:31 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 4 days |
| Dec 27, 9:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lawrence and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 4 hr |
| Dec 27, 11:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 4 hr |
| Dec 27, 11:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lamar | 46 min |
| Dec 27, 11:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lamar | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 110 min |
| Dec 28, 3:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 4:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 114 min |
| Dec 28, 4:34 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 116 min |
| Dec 28, 7:47 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 7:57 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:33 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 23 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:08 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 21 days |
| Dec 28, 1:47 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jones, Lamar and 1 more | 24 hr |
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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.