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River Flood Warning 97, NWS Jackson, MS

August 24, 2022Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Aug 24, 2022, 9:16 PM CDT for Simpson County, Mississippi. It took effect at Aug 25, 2022, 8:24 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2022, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 25, 2022, 8:24 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 28, 2022, 10:11 AM CDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Simpson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Strong River at D'lo (DLAM6). The gauge peaked at 30.78 ft at Aug 26, 2022, 8:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
24 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
30 ft
Major stage
33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02487500, 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 24, 6:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 6:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 3:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Jackson MS
322 PM CDT Wed Aug 24 2022

ARZ074-MSZ018-026-029>031-252030-
Ashley-Bolivar-Grenada-Webster-Clay-Lowndes-
322 PM CDT Wed Aug 24 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast
Arkansas, and north central Mississippi.

.DAY ONE...Tonight and Thursday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday night through Tuesday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
The activation of storm spotters, HAM radio operators, and
emergency management personnel in support of severe weather
operations is not expected through next Tuesday.

ARZ075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ019-025-027-028-032>036-
040>042-047-060-252030-
Chicot-Morehouse-West Carroll-East Carroll-Richland-Madison LA-
Franklin LA-Catahoula-Tensas-Concordia-Sunflower-Leflore-Carroll-
Montgomery-Choctaw-Oktibbeha-Washington-Humphreys-Holmes-
Issaquena-Sharkey-Yazoo-Warren-Adams-
322 PM CDT Wed Aug 24 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast
Arkansas, northeast Louisiana, central Mississippi, north central
Mississippi, southwest Mississippi, and west central Mississippi.

.DAY ONE...Tonight and Thursday

FLOODING
THREAT...Limited
TIMING...Tonight

Additional rainfall of up to two inches will be possible through
this evening. This will exacerbate any saturated areas or residual
and ongoing flooding concerns. Localized flooding could be
possible.

(https://www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/1.png)

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday night through Tuesday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
The activation of storm spotters, HAM radio operators, and
emergency management personnel in support of severe weather
operations is not expected through next Tuesday.

MSZ037>039-053-059-061-252030-
Attala-Winston-Noxubee-Claiborne-Jefferson-Franklin MS-
322 PM CDT Wed Aug 24 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central
Mississippi, east central Mississippi, and southwest Mississippi.

.DAY ONE...Tonight and Thursday

FLOODING
THREAT...Limited
TIMING...Tonight through Thursday

Additional rainfall of up to two inches will be possible through
this evening. This will exacerbate any saturated areas or residual
and ongoing flooding concerns. Localized flooding could be
possible. Additional showers and storms will occur on Thursday and
this could bring an additional couple of inches of rain in a
short period of time. This could bring potential for localized
flooding.

(https://www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/1.png)

(https://www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/2.png)

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday night through Tuesday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
The activation of storm spotters, HAM radio operators, and
emergency management personnel in support of severe weather
operations is not expected through next Tuesday.

MSZ043>046-048>052-054>058-062>066-072>074-252030-
Madison MS-Leake-Neshoba-Kemper-Hinds-Rankin-Scott-Newton-
Lauderdale-Copiah-Simpson-Smith-Jasper-Clarke-Lincoln-Lawrence-
Jefferson Davis-Covington-Jones-Marion-Lamar-Forrest-
322 PM CDT Wed Aug 24 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central
Mississippi, east central Mississippi, south central Mississippi,
and southeast Mississippi.

.DAY ONE...Tonight and Thursday

FLOODING
THREAT...Elevated
TIMING...Mainly Tonight

Additional rainfall of up to two inches will be possible through
tonight. This will exacerbate ongoing areas of flooding across the
region.

(https://www.weather.gov/images/jan/graphicast/1.png)

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday night through Tuesday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
The activation of storm spotters, HAM radio operators, and
emergency management personnel in support of severe weather
operations is not expected through next Tuesday.

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&&

...HAZARD LEGEND...

*FLOODING*
Extreme...Confident in significant flooding.
Significant...Significant flooding possible.
Elevated...Confident in flooding.
Limited...Flooding possible.

...USEFUL WEATHER WEB PAGES (URLS)...

NWS JAN Home page...
   https://www.weather.gov/jan
Stay Aware, Stay Safe NWS JAN Briefing Page...
   https://www.weather.gov/jan/safe
Latest Weather Briefing...
   https://www.weather.gov/jan/weather_briefing

Tropical page...
   https://www.weather.gov/srh/tropical?office=jan
National Hurricane Center Home Page...
   https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Find NWS JAN on Facebook...
   https://www.facebook.com/NWSJacksonMS
Follow NWS JAN on Twitter...
   @NWSJacksonMS
Follow NWS JAN on Youtube...
   https://www.youtube.com/user/NWSJacksonMiss

...ADDITIONAL URLS FOR FLOODING ISSUES...

Current Watches and Warnings...
   https://www.weather.gov/jan/safe_HeavyRain

Observed Precipitation Images...
   https://www.weather.gov/jan/precipmaps

River Forecast Center...
   https://www.weather.gov/lmrfc/
Significant River Flood Outlook...
   https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/nationalfloodoutlook/index.html
Day 1 through 3 Excessive Rainfall...
   https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/excess_rain.shtml
Excessive Rainfall Discussion...
   https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/qpferd.html
Day 1 through 7 QPF...
   https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/qpf2.shtml
QPF Discussion...
   https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/qpfpfd.html

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 24, 3:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
330 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 ESE RICHLAND          32.22N 90.15W
08/24/2022                   RANKIN             MS   PUBLIC

            A FLOODED CREEK ROSE INTO BACKYARDS OF SOME
            HOMES IN THE SOUTHWIND SUBDIVISION, WITH
            FENCES DAMAGED.

&&

DL
Local storm report, Aug 24, 3:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
341 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 W QUITMAN             32.05N 88.78W
08/24/2022                   CLARKE             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CR 130 AND CR 132 FLOODED.

&&

DL
Local storm report, Aug 24, 3:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
344 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SW CARMICHAEL         31.92N 88.61W
08/24/2022                   CLARKE             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CR 694 AND CR 621 FLOODED.

&&

DL
Local storm report, Aug 24, 3:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
350 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1245 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SW STRINGER           31.84N 89.31W
08/24/2022                   JASPER             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING ON CR 7.

&&

DL
Local storm report, Aug 24, 3:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
352 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 SSW ANTIOCH           31.99N 89.22W
08/24/2022                   JASPER             MS   PUBLIC

            FLOODING ON CR 23.

&&

DL
Local storm report, Aug 24, 3:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
354 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 AM     FLASH FLOOD      4 SW GARLANDVILLE       32.19N 89.17W
08/24/2022                   JASPER             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING ON CR 1561 AND 1563.

&&

DL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 9:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANForrest4 days
Aug 25, 3:53 AM CDTFlood WatchJANAdams, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 22 more15 hr
Aug 25, 4:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLincoln2 hr
Aug 25, 5:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANRankin3 hr
Aug 25, 5:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds2 hr
Aug 25, 6:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Hinds, Warren2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2022Every river flood warning in 2022

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.