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River Flood Advisory 2, NWS Jackson, MS

January 8, 2020Issaquena County, Washington County, Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood advisory at Jan 8, 2020, 11:38 AM CST for Issaquena County, Washington County, Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 8, 2020, 11:38 AM CST (17:38 UTC)
Expired: Jan 10, 2020, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 51 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Issaquena County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River near Greenville (GEEM6).

Action stage: 36 ft
Minor stage: 48 ft
Moderate stage: 52 ft
Major stage: 57 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07265455, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Jan 8, 9:41 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 9:41 AM CST, 1 hour 57 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 8, 11:38 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	51 hr
Jan 8, 11:38 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	51 hr
Jan 8, 11:38 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Adams, Wilkinson	51 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Mississippi, 2020 River Flood Advisories in Louisiana, 2020 River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2020 Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.