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River Flood Warning 163, NWS Jackson, MS

May 26, 2020Claiborne County, Jefferson County, Warren County, Mississippi; Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2020, 11:56 AM CDT for Claiborne County, Jefferson County, Warren County, Mississippi; Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 31, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2020, 11:56 AM CDT (16:56 UTC)
In effect from: May 31, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 16, 2020, 7:17 AM CDT
In force: 16 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Madison Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Claiborne County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Warren County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Vicksburg (VCKM6).

Action stage: 35 ft
Minor stage: 43 ft
Moderate stage: 46 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07289000, 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 May 26, 10:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 10:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 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
May 25, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena, Washington	60 min
May 26, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah	47 min
May 26, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	41 min
May 26, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	68 min
May 26, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	65 min
May 26, 3:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	83 min
May 26, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	40 min
May 26, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Sunflower	49 min
May 26, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Newton	40 min
May 26, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Newton	43 min
May 26, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leflore	56 min
May 26, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	58 min
May 26, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	48 min
May 26, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	55 min
May 25, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Catahoula	30 min
May 25, 7:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin, Richland	54 min
May 25, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	57 min
May 25, 7:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Chicot	51 min
May 25, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Chicot	33 min

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.