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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Jackson, MS

February 18, 201920 counties in Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Feb 18, 2019, 3:55 PM CST for 20 counties in Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 19, 2019, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 18, 2019, 3:55 PM CST (21:55 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 19, 2019, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 20, 2019, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: None

All 25 counties

Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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 Feb 18, 11:48 AM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 11:48 AM CST, 4 hours 7 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 18, 7:55 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	8 days
Feb 18, 9:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Sunflower	25 days
Feb 18, 9:50 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	25 days
Feb 18, 9:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	21 days
Feb 18, 10:05 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	9 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2019 Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2019 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2019 Every flash flood watch in 2019

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.