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River Flood Warning 144, NWS Jackson, MS

August 26, 2019Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Aug 26, 2019, 4:28 PM CDT for Simpson County, Mississippi. It took effect at Aug 26, 2019, 4:53 PM CDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 26, 2019, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 26, 2019, 4:53 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 28, 2019, 10:25 AM CDT
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Simpson County, MS

The river

Written for the forecast point Strong River at D'lo (DLAM6). The gauge peaked at 28.36 ft at Aug 27, 2019, 5:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02487500, 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 Aug 26, 3:59 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 3:59 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 4:00 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 26, 10:37 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 26, 11:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 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
Aug 26, 4:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson	113 min
Aug 26, 8:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jasper, Rankin, Simpson, Smith	4 hr
Aug 26, 8:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	3 days
Aug 26, 9:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2019 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.