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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Jackson, MS

March 12, 2023Attala County, Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2023, 11:21 AM CDT for Attala County, Holmes County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 14, 2023, 2:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2023, 11:21 AM CDT (16:21 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 14, 2023, 2:30 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 21, 2023, 9:14 AM CDT
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Attala County, MS, Holmes County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Black River at West (WSTM6). The gauge peaked at 16.16 ft at Mar 18, 2023, 5:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07289350, 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 Mar 12, 9:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 9:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 4:32 AM CDT, 6 hours 49 minutes before
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In the hours before

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Local storm report, Mar 12, 10:44 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 12, 10:51 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1051 AM CDT SUN MAR 12 2023

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

0850 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E TOPEKA              31.42N 90.14W
03/12/2023                   LAWRENCE           MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE BLOWN DOWN ON DIVIDE RD REPORTED BY EM.

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Local storm report, Mar 12, 10:52 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1052 AM CDT SUN MAR 12 2023

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

0840 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E TOPEKA              31.42N 90.14W
03/12/2023                   LAWRENCE           MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 3
            E TOPEKA. TREE BLOWN DOWN ON DIVIDE RD
            REPORTED BY EM.

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 10:05 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANBolivar25 min
Mar 11, 10:29 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANBolivar31 min
Mar 11, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower45 min
Mar 11, 11:28 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeflore32 min
Mar 12, 12:16 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANBolivar44 min
Mar 12, 12:22 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANMontgomery38 min
Mar 12, 12:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington58 min
Mar 12, 12:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sunflower, Washington51 min
Mar 12, 12:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Montgomery, Webster50 min
Mar 12, 1:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Washington and 1 more56 min
Mar 12, 1:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Leflore, Montgomery47 min
Mar 12, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Scott and 2 more45 min
Mar 12, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster50 min
Mar 12, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba and 4 more62 min
Mar 12, 4:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale, Newton42 min
Mar 12, 6:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Jefferson67 min
Mar 12, 7:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln60 min
Mar 12, 8:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln36 min
Mar 12, 8:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Marion36 min
Mar 12, 9:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest, Lamar, Marion44 min
Mar 12, 2:28 PM CDTFreeze WatchJANAttala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay and 19 more37 hr
Mar 12, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds51 min
Mar 12, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANScott46 min
Mar 12, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin46 min
Mar 12, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Rankin, Simpson, Smith51 min
Mar 12, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson52 min
Mar 12, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper33 min
Mar 12, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Jones, Simpson, Smith65 min
Mar 12, 5:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRichland23 min
Mar 12, 6:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Richland, Tensas38 min
Mar 11, 11:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley, Chicot63 min
Mar 12, 12:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley, Chicot44 min

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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.