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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Jackson, MS

February 21, 2019Lowndes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Feb 21, 2019, 10:03 AM CST for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 21, 2019, 2:51 PM CST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 21, 2019, 10:03 AM CST (16:03 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 21, 2019, 2:51 PM CST
Expired: Feb 27, 2019, 7:31 PM CST
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lowndes County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Luxapallila Creek near Columbus (CLUM6).

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02443500, 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 Feb 21, 6:07 AM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 6:07 AM CST, 3 hours 56 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 20, 9:29 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	51 hr
Feb 20, 9:29 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	69 hr
Feb 20, 10:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	45 min
Feb 20, 10:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	48 min
Feb 20, 11:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Newton	35 min
Feb 20, 11:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	24 min
Feb 21, 12:23 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	37 min
Feb 21, 2:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Smith	34 min
Feb 21, 9:01 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	7 days
Feb 21, 9:02 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Simpson	28 hr
Feb 21, 5:35 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Humphreys, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington	11 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.