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River Flood Warning 157, NWS Jackson, MS

April 21, 2020Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Apr 21, 2020, 9:48 AM CDT for Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 24, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2020, 9:48 AM CDT (14:48 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 24, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 5, 2020, 10:51 AM CDT
In force
11 days
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Black River at Jonesville L&D (JNEL1).

Action stage
49 ft
Minor stage
50 ft
Moderate stage
52 ft
Major stage
60 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 21, 5:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 5:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 2:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJANAttala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 31 more44 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2020Every 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.