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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 5, 2011, 12:51 PM CST for 6 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2011, 12:51 PM CST (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2011, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Marion County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 3:15 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 W Hattiesburg, MS | WATER WAS COVERING S 40TH ST NEAR THE WIN JOB CENTER...FORCING CARS TO TURN AROUND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 960 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 451 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
788
WGUS54 KJAN 051851
FFWJAN
MSC031-035-065-067-073-091-052145-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0011.110305T1851Z-110305T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1251 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KOKOMO...SANDY HOOK...COLUMBIA...
SOUTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PETAL...HATTIESBURG...
SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG...
* UNTIL 345 PM CST
* AT 1252 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
11 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLLY SPRINGS TO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDY
HOOK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF KOKOMO
TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANKLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF AN INCH...HAVE
OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO HOURS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MORGANTOWN...GOSS...SOCIETY HILL...PICKWICK...BUNKER HILL...
PINEBUR...IMPROVE...MELBA...BAXTERVILLE...SUMRALL...LUMBERTON...
PURVIS...SANFORD...RAWLS SPRINGS...ROCK HILL...EASTABUCHIE...
MOSELLE...MCLAURIN...MAXIE...BROOKLYN...SUNRISE...MACEDONIA AND
OVETT
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
THREE HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS
AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO
FLOODING.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEY WILL RELAY FLOODING REPORTS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN JACKSON.
&&
LAT...LON 3101 8935 3101 8941 3099 8943 3102 8951
3100 8983 3107 8985 3107 8991 3113 8995
3114 9001 3125 9004 3140 9004 3140 8996
3152 8995 3157 8892 3143 8893 3143 8913
3091 8914 3091 8933
$$
MME1 follow-up statement
035
WGUS74 KJAN 052142
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
342 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2011
MSC031-035-065-067-073-091-052151-
/O.EXP.KJAN.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110305T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COVINGTON MS-JONES MS-FORREST MS-LAMAR MS-MARION MS-
JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
342 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
JEFFERSON DAVIS...MARION...LAMAR...FORREST...SOUTHERN JONES AND
SOUTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTIES...
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING AROUND
HATTIESBURG BUT...THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST
AND NO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3101 8935 3101 8941 3099 8943 3102 8951
3100 8983 3107 8985 3107 8991 3113 8995
3114 9001 3125 9004 3140 9004 3140 8996
3152 8995 3157 8892 3143 8893 3143 8913
3091 8914 3091 8933
$$
MMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 44 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.