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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Jackson, MS

June 20, 2026Copiah County, Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this river flood warning at Jun 20, 2026, 1:06 PM CDT for Copiah County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jun 21, 2026, 9:35 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2026, 1:06 PM CDT (18:06 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 21, 2026, 9:35 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 28, 2026, 7:44 PM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Copiah County, MS, Simpson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pearl River at Rockport (ROCM6).

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 35 ft
Major stage: 39 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02488000, 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 Jun 20, 12:21 PM CDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 12:21 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 8:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 8:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 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
Jun 19, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	59 min
Jun 19, 8:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest	3 hr
Jun 19, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	54 min
Jun 19, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	39 min
Jun 19, 9:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lamar	2 hr
Jun 19, 11:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest	11 hr
Jun 19, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	40 min
Jun 20, 3:29 AM CDT	Flood Watch	JAN	Adams, Attala, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah and 24 more	11 hr
Jun 20, 7:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	42 min
Jun 20, 8:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	47 min
Jun 20, 8:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	39 min
Jun 20, 11:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	39 min
Jun 20, 1:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	9 days
Jun 20, 4:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Morehouse, West Carroll	52 min
Jun 20, 6:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll	4 hr
Jun 20, 6:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Richland	50 min
Jun 20, 6:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Richland	46 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.