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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Jackson, MS

February 9, 202035 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Feb 9, 2020, 4:42 AM CST for 35 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 10, 2020, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 9, 2020, 4:42 AM CST (10:42 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 10, 2020, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 11, 2020, 3:34 AM CST
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: None

All 46 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, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore 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, 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), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 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 Feb 9, 4:15 AM CST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 4:15 AM CST, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 3:22 PM CST, 13 hours 20 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 9, 8:20 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	17 days
Feb 9, 8:20 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	21 days
Feb 9, 8:20 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	6 days
Feb 9, 8:20 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	9 days
Feb 9, 8:44 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	21 days
Feb 9, 8:44 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	23 days
Feb 9, 8:44 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	38 days
Feb 9, 10:02 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	17 days
Feb 9, 10:02 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes	7 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2020 Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2020 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2020 Every flash flood watch in 2020

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.