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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS

January 24, 2024Lawrence County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Jan 24, 2024, 8:26 PM CST for Lawrence County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 25, 2024, 3:45 PM CST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 24, 2024, 8:26 PM CST (02:26 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 25, 2024, 3:45 PM CST
Expired: Jan 31, 2024, 9:51 AM CST
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lawrence County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pearl River near Monticello (MTCM6). The gauge peaked at 24.97 ft at Jan 28, 2024, 6:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02488500, 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 24, 5:20 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 5:20 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 24, 4:33 PM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 24, 5:04 PM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 24, 5:07 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 24, 5:30 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 24, 5:44 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 24, 5:56 PM CST, 2 hours 30 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 24, 10:52 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	5 days
Jan 25, 3:27 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Covington and 20 more	7 hr
Jan 25, 6:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams	66 min
Jan 25, 7:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson	31 min
Jan 25, 8:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln	57 min
Jan 25, 8:44 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Rankin, Warren	3 hr
Jan 25, 9:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith	63 min
Jan 25, 9:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	64 min
Jan 25, 10:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith	57 min
Jan 25, 10:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Leake	51 min
Jan 25, 10:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	43 min
Jan 25, 10:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	32 min
Jan 25, 10:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	64 min
Jan 25, 10:50 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	3 days
Jan 25, 10:53 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster	52 min
Jan 25, 11:30 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha	45 min

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.