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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Jackson, MS

February 19, 202030 counties in Mississippi; 6 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Feb 19, 2020, 2:59 PM CST for 30 counties in Mississippi; 6 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 19, 2020, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 19, 2020, 2:59 PM CST (20:59 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 19, 2020, 9:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 20, 2020, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: None

All 36 counties

East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Warren County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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 19, 11:54 AM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 11:54 AM CST, 3 hours 5 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 18, 7:58 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	4 days
Feb 18, 7:58 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes	13 hr
Feb 19, 9:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	6 days
Feb 19, 9:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	4 days
Feb 19, 9:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	6 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2020 Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 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.