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River Flood Warning 66, NWS Jackson, MS

February 6, 2020Issaquena County, Washington County, Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Feb 6, 2020, 8:41 PM CST for Issaquena County, Washington County, Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 6, 2020, 8:41 PM CST (02:41 UTC)
Expired: Feb 7, 2020, 11:28 AM CST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Major

Counties Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Issaquena County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River near Greenville (GEEM6).

Action stage: 36 ft
Minor stage: 48 ft
Moderate stage: 52 ft
Major stage: 57 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07265455, 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 Feb 6, 5:23 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 5:23 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 3:57 PM CST, 4 hours 44 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
Feb 7, 10:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	38 days
Feb 7, 4:43 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	11 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2020 River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2020 River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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.