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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS

June 18, 1996Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 1996, 4:41 PM CDT for Chicot County, Arkansas. 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
Jun 18, 1996, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1996, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Chicot County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 12:00Z on 1996-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 461 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 12:00Z on 1996-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
461 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 182143
FFWJAN
ARC017-182345-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
441 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN CHICOT COUNTY
 
AT 440 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS SOUTHERN CHICOT COUNTY. LITTLE MOVEMENT IS INDICATED WITH THESE
STORMS AND RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 3.5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN
330 AND 430 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY LIKELY RESULT IN LOCALIZED
FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER MUST BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot49 min
Jun 18, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot51 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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.