1. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
Pearl River Basin Informational Meeting
Marty Pope
Senior Service Hydrologist

2. WHY ARE WE HERE? Because a big flood will happen such as in 1979!

4. EASTER FLOOD OF 1979

8. Colonial Golf Country Club/Old Canton Road/
Northeast Jackson

9. RIVER AND RAIN GAGE NETWORK
River Gages – Operated By The United States Geological Survey.
Rainfall Network -
Rainfall Gages At River Gage Sites.
National Weather Service Coop Program.
Automated Surface Observing Systems (Asos)
Community Collaborative Rainfall, Hail And Snow Network (Cocorahs)
National Weather Service Doppler Radar Rainfall Estimates

10. NWS DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES

11. RAIN GAGE NETWORK Legend for next 2 slides
Red Dots - Hourly reporting rain gages
Light blue dots – Daily reporting rain gages.
Green Triangles - River gage forecast points.
Purple Triangles - Monitored river gages only.

12. Upper Pearl River
Basin

13. Lower Pearl River Basin

14. WFO JACKSON FLOOD RESPONSIBILITIES
Collect And Quality Control River/Rainfall Data.
Coordinate River Forecasts With Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center (LMRFC).
Issue Flood Statements And Warnings.
Plan And Execute Conference Call And Briefing Between Corp of Engineers (USACE), United States Geological Survey (USGS), LMRFC, And Ross Barnett Officials When Inflows Exceed Or Are Forecast To Exceed 30,000 CFS at Ross Barnett.
Primary Contact For Flood Forecast Information For Emergency Managers, And Other Officials.

15. WEB INFORMATION srh.noaa.gov/jan

16. AHPS PAGE

17. Hydrology Page

18. WFO JAN RADAR

19. Contact Information
Marty Pope
Senior Service Hydrologist
Address:
NWS Phone number:
Extension 1, 2, or 3 (forecaster or intern)
Extension Service Hydrologist
Extension Warning Coordination
Meteorologist (WCM)