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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Jackson, MS

April 18, 202032 counties in Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Apr 18, 2020, 4:31 AM CDT for 32 counties in Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 19, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2020, 4:31 AM CDT (09:31 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 19, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 19, 2020, 9:03 PM CDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity: None

All 35 counties

East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake 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, Warren County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 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 Apr 18, 4:23 AM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 4:23 AM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 4:31 PM CDT, 12 hours before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 17, 10:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 17, 11:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 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
Apr 17, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	25 min
Apr 17, 11:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Montgomery, Webster	23 min
Apr 18, 10:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	6 days
Apr 18, 11:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	17 days
Apr 18, 11:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	21 days
Apr 18, 11:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	5 days
Apr 18, 11:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	5 days
Apr 18, 11:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	9 days
Apr 18, 11:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	13 days
Apr 18, 11:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	14 days
Apr 18, 11:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	15 days
Apr 18, 11:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Simpson	71 hr

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.