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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Jackson, MS

April 22, 1996Franklin Parish, Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 22, 1996, 7:51 PM CDT for Franklin Parish, Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1996, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1996, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1996-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 853 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1996-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
853 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 230051
FFWJAN
LAC041-065-107-230300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
751 PM CDT MON APR 22 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...FRANKLIN PARISH...MADISON PARISH...TENSAS PARISH
 
DOPPLER RADAR AND SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
SOME FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN FRANKLIN PARISH AS OF 750 PM.
 
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO CROSS BRIDGES OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD.  NEVER
TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningJANTensas39 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.