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River Flood Warning 97, NWS Jackson, MS

May 17, 2024Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at May 17, 2024, 7:37 PM CDT for Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2024, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2024, 6:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Simpson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Strong River at D'lo (DLAM6). The gauge peaked at 28.08 ft at May 18, 2024, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02487500, 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 May 17, 6:50 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 6:50 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 17, 2:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 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
May 17, 7:37 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	4 days
May 17, 7:37 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	62 hr
May 18, 5:13 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 14 more	4 hr
May 18, 10:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	3 days
May 18, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	29 min
May 18, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	49 min

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.