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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS

January 9, 2023Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Jan 9, 2023, 8:52 AM CST for Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 9, 2023, 5:43 PM CST. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 9, 2023, 8:52 AM CST (14:52 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 9, 2023, 5:43 PM CST
Expired: Jan 11, 2023, 7:56 PM CST
In force: 50 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 14:54 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 22.73 ft at Jan 10, 2023, 8:00 AM CST.

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 Jan 8, 2:11 PM CST, 18 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 2:11 PM CST, 18 hours 41 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
Jan 8, 6:48 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	63 hr
Jan 9, 2:30 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	Adams, Attala, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Franklin and 19 more	7 hr

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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.