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River Flood Warning 180, NWS Jackson, MS

August 13, 2020Hinds County, Warren County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Aug 13, 2020, 6:36 PM CDT for Hinds County, Warren County, Mississippi. It took effect at Aug 13, 2020, 9:51 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 2020, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 13, 2020, 9:51 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 14, 2020, 6:18 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Hinds County, MS, Warren County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Black River near Bovina (BOVM6). The gauge peaked at 27.20 ft at Aug 13, 2020, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 27 ft
Minor stage: 28 ft
Moderate stage: 38 ft
Major stage: 40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07290000, 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 Aug 13, 3:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 3:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 2:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 2:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 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
Aug 12, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	34 min
Aug 13, 4:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	24 min
Aug 13, 6:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds	119 min
Aug 13, 7:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	3 hr
Aug 13, 11:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Noxubee	51 min
Aug 13, 12:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	46 min
Aug 13, 8:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Morehouse	37 min
Aug 13, 9:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	East Carroll	26 min
Aug 13, 11:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Morehouse	23 min
Aug 13, 11:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse, Richland	39 min
Aug 13, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	59 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.