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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Jackson, MS

January 1, 202041 counties in Mississippi; 6 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Jan 1, 2020, 3:07 AM CST for 41 counties in Mississippi; 6 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Jan 2, 2020, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 1, 2020, 3:07 AM CST (09:07 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 2, 2020, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 3, 2020, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: None

All 47 counties

Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington 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, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison 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), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 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 Dec 31, 11:56 PM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 11:56 PM CST, 3 hours 11 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
Jan 1, 9:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	3 days
Jan 1, 9:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	8 days
Jan 1, 9:48 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	9 days
Jan 1, 9:55 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	7 days
Jan 1, 9:55 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	9 days
Jan 1, 9:55 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	23 days
Jan 1, 9:55 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	7 days
Jan 1, 9:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	21 days
Jan 1, 9:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	23 days
Jan 1, 9:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	21 days
Jan 1, 9:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	5 days
Jan 1, 10:01 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	27 days
Jan 1, 10:01 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	29 days
Jan 1, 10:01 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	30 days
Jan 1, 10:01 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Simpson	3 days
Jan 1, 10:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	21 days
Jan 1, 10:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Yazoo	21 days
Jan 1, 10:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Sunflower	21 days

Nearby

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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.