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River Flood Warning 130, NWS Jackson, MS

December 29, 2018Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Dec 29, 2018, 1:24 AM CST for Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It took effect at Dec 29, 2018, 5:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 29, 2018, 1:24 AM CST (07:24 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2018, 5:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 15, 2019, 7:06 PM CST
In force: 18 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Black River near Bentonia (BTAM6). The gauge peaked at 27.22 ft at Jan 6, 2019, 6:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07289730, 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, 5:37 PM CST, 7 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 5:37 PM CST, 7 hours 47 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 29, 1:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	20 days
Dec 29, 9:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes	50 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2018 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.