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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Mar 26, 2009, 4:07 AM CDT for 47 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 26, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2009, 4:07 AM CDT (09:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2009, 3:53 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
All 58 counties
Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 24 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Mar 26, 3:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 3:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 815 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 261945- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES- CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON- NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER- WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH- SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN- LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 815 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT BETWEEN 930 PM AND 4 AM. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 70 MPH AND TORNADOES...A FEW OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG...WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS OVERNIGHT. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 82...AND THE GREATEST TORNADO RISK WILL BE FROM INTERSTATE 20 SOUTH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD REACH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT...THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR...BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM...AND THE HIGHWAY 45 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM. A FEW INTENSE STORMS COULD ALSO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE AS WELL. HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO LOCALLY THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT AND THIS RAISES CONCERNS FOR FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS LIKELY FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION. ONCE AGAIN...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THEN...A MORE POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE GATHERING OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION ON FRIDAY AND PUSHING NORTHEAST WITH IMPRESSIVE MOISTURE...INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR COMBINING ACROSS OUR REGION FOR AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING TORNADOES FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE GREATEST RISK APPEARS TO BE FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE TWENTY..HOWEVER A SQUALL LINE SHOULD SWEEP EAST ACROSS MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY WEATHER ALERT FOR UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS STORM SYSTEM. OTHERWISE...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER WILL BE LOW FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT...MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY NIGHT...AND WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 08
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 26, 2:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
230 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0146 AM TORNADO MAGEE 31.87N 89.73W
03/26/2009 SIMPSON MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
MAJOR DAMAGE REPORTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MAGEE.
INJURIES REPORTED...EXTENT AND NUMBER UNKNOWN AT THIS
TIME. REPORTED BY MAGEE PD.
0201 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 W RALEIGH 32.03N 89.61W
03/26/2009 SMITH MS EMERGENCY MNGR
MEMA AREA COORDINATOR REPORTS THAT HER CARPORT WAS BLOWN
AWAY.
&&
AEGLocal storm report, Mar 26, 2:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
246 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1255 AM TSTM WND DMG BUDE 31.46N 90.85W
03/26/2009 FRANKLIN MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 98 ACROSS THE COUNTY.
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JCULINLocal storm report, Mar 26, 2:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 43 min |
| Mar 25, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 34 min |
| Mar 25, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 11:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 11:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Mar 25, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 12:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 12:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 23 min |
| Mar 26, 12:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 57 min |
| Mar 26, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 1:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 2:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 2:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 59 min |
| Mar 26, 2:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 2:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 64 min |
| Mar 26, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 29 min |
| Mar 26, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 2:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 2:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 8:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 35 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 35 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 26 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 46 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 35 hr |
| Mar 25, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Franklin, Richland | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 30 min |
| Mar 25, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Tensas | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 30 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2009Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2009Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2009Every flash flood watch in 2009
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.