Watches, Warnings & Advisories for Sunflower Co.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Mississippi Precipitation and CoCoRaHS Observers

A number of our readers like to know daily rainfall amounts for their area.  The NWS Jackson office publishes a daily report called the COCORAHS PRECIPITATION SUMMARY, which captures the data submitted daily by observers in the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network.  Network members submit daily precipitation reports that NWS and a host of other agencies and organizations use for climatological modeling and flood predictions.  You can find that product at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/validProds.php?prod=LCO&node=KJAN, feel free to bookmark the link.

The CoCoRaHS Network is looking for volunteers!  Being a volunteer observer only requires about five minutes of your morning, to measure, record, and report your daily precipitation total.  Logging can be done via computer or mobile smartphone application.  The goal of the network is to have one observer per 36-square-mile area in rural settings, and one per square mile in urban areas.  Some counties in Mississippi have no observation stations at all, others only have one.  US Amateur Radio Station K5JAW hosts CoCoRaHS Station MS-SF-1 in Sunflower County.  Here is a map showing current CoCoRaHS observation stations in Mississippi:
 Map from Tory Farney and the Mississippi CoCoRaHS Newsletter

Please consider joining the network.  You can sign up and order your gauge at www.cocorahs.org.  The process is simple, and the only cost you have is the gauge purchase.

Here is today's statewide CoCoRaHS precipitation report that we referred to earlier:
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SXHI44 KJAN 061553
LCOJAN

COCORAHS PRECIPITATION SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
932 AM CST WED MAR 06 2013

COCORAHS PRECIPITATION REPORTS
THESE REPORTS ARE CONSIDERED SUPPLEMENTAL AND UNOFFICIAL
VALUES ARE FOR THE PREVIOUS 24 HOURS ENDING AROUND 7 AM LOCAL TIME

.B JAN 0306 C DH07/PP/SF/SD/SW
:
:COCORAHS PRECIPITATION REPORTS IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
:
:                                               SNOW   SNOW  WATER
:                                        PCPN   FALL  DEPTH  EQUIV :

MSGD01  : GRENADA 1.2 S            *   : 0.27 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSBV01  : SHAW 0.1 WSW             *   : 0.25 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSLD01  : MERIDIAN 3.2 NW          *   : 0.24 / 0.0 /  0.0 / 0.00
MSGD03  : GRENADA 2.5 SSE          *   : 0.23 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSMD01  : RIDGELAND 1.1 S          *   : 0.12 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSCR01  : VAIDEN 4.8 WNW           *   : 0.10 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSSF01  : INDIANOLA 1.1 N          *   : 0.10 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSCT02  : ACKERMAN 4.9 W           *   : 0.05 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSKM01  : DE KALB 4.3 S            *   : 0.05 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSNS02  : PHILADELPHIA 4.5 SW      *   : 0.05 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSSP02  : MENDENHALL 4.4 S         *   : 0.05 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSOK26  : STARKVILLE 3.0 WSW       *   : 0.04 / 0.0 /  0.0 / 0.00
MSLM06  : HATTIESBURG 4.3 WSW      *   : 0.04 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSMD16  : RIDGELAND 1.8 W          *   : 0.04 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSOK06  : STARKVILLE 5.3 S         *   : 0.04 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSWR08  : VICKSBURG 6.9 NE         *   : 0.04 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSNS04  : PHILADELPHIA 5.4 E       *   : 0.03 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSNS06  : PHILADELPHIA 8.2 SSE     *   : 0.03 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSOK14  : STARKVILLE 6.3 SSE       *   : 0.03 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSOK21  : STARKVILLE 3.2 E         *   : 0.03 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSRN02  : FLOWOOD 2.9 NE           *   : 0.03 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSRN13  : BRANDON 4.7 NNE          *   : 0.03 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSRN14  : PEARL 3.4 ESE            *   : 0.03 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSWS01  : LELAND 3.3 ENE           *   : 0.03 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSKM02  : DE KALB 3.3 W            *   : 0.02 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSMD10  : FLORA 2.3 S              *   : 0.02 / 0.0 /   MM /   MM
MSOK05  : STARKVILLE 1.7 NE        *   : 0.02 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSOK15  : STARKVILLE 4.7 SE        *   : 0.02 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSRN03  : BRANDON 1.9 NE           *   : 0.02 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSWR03  : VICKSBURG 17.0 NW        *   : 0.02 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSBV02  : DUNCAN 0.1 NNW           *   : 0.01 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSCP03  : HAZLEHURST 0.8 WSW       *   : 0.01 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSHD17  : CLINTON 2.1 SW           *   : 0.01 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSNS05  : PHILADELPHIA 2.5 N       *   : 0.01 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSOK17  : STARKVILLE 1.3 NE        *   : 0.01 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSRN29  : BRANDON 2.1 ESE          *   : 0.01 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSRN33  : FLORENCE 1.0 WSW         *   : 0.01 /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSMD09  : MADISON 4.2 N            *   :    T /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSRN36  : BRANDON 8.9 ESE          *   :    T /  MM /   MM /   MM
MSHD04  : CLINTON 0.6 WNW          *   : 0.00 / 0.0 /   MM /   MM
MSHD25  : RAYMOND 2.7 E            *   : 0.00 / 0.0 /   MM /   MM
MSJN01  : MOSELLE 3.7 W            *   : 0.00 / 0.0 /   MM /   MM
MSMD17  : FLORA 3.2 N              *   : 0.00 / 0.0 /   MM /   MM :
:COCORAHS PRECIPITATION REPORTS IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
:
:                                               SNOW   SNOW  WATER
:                                        PCPN   FALL  DEPTH  EQUIV
:
LAMR02  : BASTROP 1.0 SSE          *   :    T /  MM /   MM /   MM
:
:COCORAHS PRECIPITATION REPORTS IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
:
:                                               SNOW   SNOW  WATER
:                                        PCPN   FALL  DEPTH  EQUIV
:
ARAS02  : CROSSETT 1.1 SE          *   : 0.00 / 0.0 /   MM /   MM
:
.END

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