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River Flood Warning 102, NWS Jackson, MS

February 21, 2020Tensas Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Feb 21, 2020, 5:59 AM CST for Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Feb 21, 2020, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 21, 2020, 5:59 AM CST (11:59 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 21, 2020, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 21, 2020, 9:25 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Tensas Parish, LA

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tensas River near Newlight (NLGL1).

Action stage: 54 ft
Minor stage: 55 ft
Moderate stage: 57 ft
Major stage: 60 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07369649, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Feb 20, 3:49 PM CST, 14 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 3:49 PM CST, 14 hours 10 minutes before

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.