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River Flood Warning 185, NWS Jackson, MS

October 9, 2020Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Oct 9, 2020, 8:41 AM CDT for Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It took effect at Oct 11, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 9, 2020, 8:41 AM CDT (13:41 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 11, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 13, 2020, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 hr
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 13:42 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 7.41 ft at Oct 10, 2020, 9:00 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 Oct 9, 6:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 6:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 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
Oct 9, 4:20 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	JAN	Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay and 35 more	33 hr
Oct 9, 8:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	21 days
Oct 9, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Smith	36 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.