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River Flood Warning 135, NWS Jackson, MS

April 11, 2020Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Apr 11, 2020, 11:28 AM CDT for Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It took effect at Apr 13, 2020, 3:24 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2020, 11:28 AM CDT (16:28 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 13, 2020, 3:24 PM CDT
Expired: May 3, 2020, 11:01 AM CDT
In force: 20 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Black River near Bentonia (BTAM6). The gauge peaked at 27.50 ft at Apr 26, 2020, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07289730, 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 11, 7:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 7:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 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 11, 10:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	5 days
Apr 11, 10:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	16 days
Apr 11, 11:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	6 days
Apr 11, 11:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	4 days
Apr 11, 3:44 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more	30 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.