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River Flood Warning 49, NWS Jackson, MS

March 9, 2024Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2024, 8:48 AM CST for Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 11, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 70 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2024, 8:48 AM CST (14:48 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 11, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 14, 2024, 4:43 PM CDT
In force: 70 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Hinds County, MS, Rankin County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 20 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 Pearl River at Jackson (JACM6). The gauge peaked at 28.98 ft at Mar 13, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 28 ft
Moderate stage: 33 ft
Major stage: 36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02486000, 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 8, 5:11 PM CST, 15 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 5:11 PM CST, 15 hours 37 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
Mar 8, 7:17 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	5 days
Mar 8, 7:45 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	4 days
Mar 8, 7:45 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	13 hr
Mar 9, 8:48 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	5 days
Mar 9, 11:59 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Simpson	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2024 Every river flood warning in 2024

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.