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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Jackson, MS

May 29, 2010Franklin Parish, Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2010, 2:40 PM CDT for Franklin Parish, Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 108 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2010, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2010, 4:28 PM CDT
In force
108 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

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

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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 12:00Z on 2010-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 394 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 2010-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-236 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 warning went out at May 29, 2:36 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:36 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 5:32 AM CDT, 9 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
532 AM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
301045-
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-
532 AM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO
BE EXPECTED.

THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPS
SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DECREASE IN COVERAGE AFTER 8 PM BUT A FEW STORMS MAY PERSIST UNTIL
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PARTICULARLY OVER EAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE
STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE
HAIL. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR.

THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE AS A WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
OVER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SHIFTS TO THE EAST.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

03

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 1:46 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
146 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010

MSZ059-291905-
JEFFERSON MS-
146 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF RED LICK AT 146 PM
CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, May 29, 1:59 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
159 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010

LAZ015-023-291930-
RICHLAND LA-FRANKLIN LA-
159 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER WINNSBORO AT 159 PM CDT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL RICHLAND PARISHES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

EEC
Local storm report, May 29, 2:06 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 2:09 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 2:14 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale49 min
May 28, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee42 min
May 28, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee, Winston52 min
May 28, 8:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANIssaquena, Washington25 hr
May 28, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper44 min
May 28, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Madison21 min
May 29, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore50 min
May 29, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo45 min
May 29, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo44 min
May 29, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin42 min
May 29, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson43 min
May 29, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Warren42 min
May 29, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Hinds34 min
May 29, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Tensas37 min
May 29, 2:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANFranklin, Richland76 min
May 29, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Madison, Tensas17 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.