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River Flood Warning 82, NWS Jackson, MS

July 12, 2023Leake County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Jul 12, 2023, 8:56 PM CDT for Leake County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jul 15, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 12, 2023, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 15, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 13, 2023, 8:57 AM CDT
In force
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 01:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tuscolameta Creek at Walnut Grove (WTGM6). The gauge peaked at 23.33 ft at Jul 14, 2023, 8:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 31.5 ft
Major stage: 33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02483000, 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 Jul 12, 7:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 7:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 2:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 12, 3:34 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 12, 8:16 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 12, 8:31 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 12, 8:51 PM CDT, 5 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
Jul 12, 8:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	7 days
Jul 12, 8:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	12 hr
Jul 13, 3:35 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	Adams, Bolivar, Claiborne, Franklin, Issaquena, Jefferson and 4 more	16 hr
Jul 13, 6:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	8 hr
Jul 13, 7:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper	7 hr
Jul 13, 7:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Winston	3 hr
Jul 13, 8:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston	6 hr
Jul 13, 9:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha	6 hr
Jul 13, 9:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	JAN	Winston	6 hr
Jul 13, 10:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Noxubee	5 hr
Jul 13, 11:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Kemper	4 hr
Jul 13, 11:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Winston	4 hr
Jul 13, 11:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	JAN	Choctaw	4 hr
Jul 13, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith	37 min
Jul 13, 1:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	23 min
Jul 13, 2:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	7 days
Jul 13, 2:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	8 days
Jul 13, 2:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	7 days
Jul 13, 3:21 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more	29 hr
Jul 13, 3:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Kemper, Lowndes, Neshoba, Noxubee and 2 more	22 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.