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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Jackson, MS

May 8, 201947 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at May 8, 2019, 3:49 AM CDT for 47 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 8, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2019, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
In effect from: May 8, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 12, 2019, 6:38 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: None

All 58 counties

Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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 May 8, 12:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 12:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 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
May 8, 11:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	21 days
May 8, 11:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Sunflower	11 days
May 8, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	31 min
May 8, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams	27 min
May 8, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Morehouse, Richland	79 min
May 8, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula	67 min
May 8, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Morehouse, Richland	63 min
May 8, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Tensas	15 min
May 8, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	60 min

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.