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River Flood Warning 93, NWS Jackson, MS

February 19, 2020Leake County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Feb 19, 2020, 9:38 AM CST for Leake County, Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 20, 2020, 10:39 PM CST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 19, 2020, 9:38 AM CST (15:38 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 20, 2020, 10:39 PM CST
Expired: Feb 25, 2020, 7:41 PM CST
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Leake County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Yockanookany River near Ofahoma (OFAM6). The gauge peaked at 21.27 ft at Feb 22, 2020, 8:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02484500, 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 19, 4:54 AM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 4:54 AM 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 18, 7:58 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	4 days
Feb 18, 7:58 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes	13 hr
Feb 19, 9:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	6 days
Feb 19, 9:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	4 days
Feb 19, 2:59 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Attala, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Hinds and 24 more	18 hr

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.