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River Flood Warning 130, NWS Jackson, MS

April 7, 2020Attala County, Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Apr 7, 2020, 9:57 PM CDT for Attala County, Holmes County, Mississippi. It took effect at Apr 8, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 7, 2020, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 8, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 29, 2020, 8:08 AM CDT
In force: 21 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Attala County, MS, Holmes County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Black River at West (WSTM6). The gauge peaked at 21.47 ft at Apr 22, 2020, 5:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07289350, 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 Apr 7, 9:01 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 9:01 PM CDT, 56 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 7, 9:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	4 days
Apr 8, 11:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	36 min
Apr 8, 12:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sharkey, Washington	37 min
Apr 8, 12:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys	32 min
Apr 8, 2:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	51 min
Apr 8, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	41 min
Apr 8, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott	57 min
Apr 8, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys	23 min
Apr 8, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	40 min
Apr 8, 9:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	50 min
Apr 8, 10:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	60 min
Apr 8, 11:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Chicot	32 min
Apr 8, 12:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	22 min

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.