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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Jackson, MS

January 3, 2019Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Jan 3, 2019, 7:04 AM CST for Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 4, 2019, 4:58 AM CST. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2019, 7:04 AM CST (13:04 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 4, 2019, 4:58 AM CST
Expired: Jan 24, 2019, 7:04 AM CST
In force: 20 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pearl River at Ratliff's Ferry (RATM6).

Action stage: 302 ft
Minor stage: 303 ft
Moderate stage: 310 ft
Major stage: 315 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02484650, 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 Jan 3, 6:04 AM CST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 6:04 AM CST, 1 hour 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
Jan 2, 7:56 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	4 days
Jan 2, 8:13 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	5 days
Jan 3, 7:04 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	27 hr
Jan 3, 10:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	3 days

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.