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River Flood Warning 111, NWS Jackson, MS

March 3, 2020Copiah County, Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Mar 3, 2020, 11:44 AM CST for Copiah County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 4, 2020, 7:43 PM CST. It was in force for 12 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2020, 11:44 AM CST (17:44 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 4, 2020, 7:43 PM CST
Expired: Mar 16, 2020, 8:09 PM CDT
In force: 12 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Copiah County, MS, Simpson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pearl River at Rockport (ROCM6).

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 35 ft
Major stage: 39 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02488000, 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 Mar 3, 11:39 AM CST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 11:39 AM CST, 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
Mar 3, 4:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper	46 min
Mar 3, 9:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	8 days
Mar 3, 10:07 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	5 days
Mar 3, 10:07 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	5 days
Mar 3, 11:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	21 days
Mar 3, 11:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	10 days
Mar 3, 11:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	5 days
Mar 3, 11:44 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	15 days
Mar 3, 2:38 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 21 more	39 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2020 Every river flood warning 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.