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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS

March 16, 2002Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 16, 2002, 12:16 AM CST for Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2002, 12:16 AM CST (06:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2002, 2:15 AM CST
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2002-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1056 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 2002-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 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
1056 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
7.9

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 160616
FFWJAN
ARC003-017-160815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1216 AM CST SAT MAR 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
  ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 215 AM CST

* AT 1215 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PARKDALE...OR ABOUT 5
  MILES NORTHEAST OF WILMOT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN SOME 
LOCATIONS OF SOUTHERN ASHLEY COUNTY.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS 
POSSIBLE WITH THE APPROACHING STORMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

LAT...LON 3333 9187 3302 9188 3303 9118 3322 9113
          3342 9122

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 7:33 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChicot42 min
Mar 15, 8:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot46 min
Mar 16, 12:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley, Chicot41 min
Mar 16, 12:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley, Chicot47 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.