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River Flood Warning 86, NWS Jackson, MS

February 11, 2020Clay County, Lowndes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Feb 11, 2020, 9:41 AM CST for Clay County, Lowndes County, Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 11, 2020, 8:10 PM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 11, 2020, 9:41 AM CST (15:41 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 11, 2020, 8:10 PM CST
Expired: Feb 16, 2020, 7:12 AM CST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clay County, MS, Lowndes County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tombigbee River at Stennis Lock and Dam (CBUM6). The gauge peaked at 66.35 ft at Feb 14, 2020, 3:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 160 ft
Minor stage: 161 ft
Moderate stage: 164 ft
Major stage: 166 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02441390, 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 11, 6:10 AM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 6:10 AM CST, 3 hours 31 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 10, 8:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Yazoo	56 min
Feb 10, 11:13 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Montgomery, Oktibbeha and 1 more	5 hr
Feb 10, 11:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	53 min
Feb 11, 2:05 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Hinds, Holmes, Issaquena, Leake, Madison and 3 more	6 hr
Feb 11, 2:11 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston	6 hr
Feb 11, 3:34 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 24 more	49 hr

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.