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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Jackson, MS

March 9, 2011Hinds County, Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2011, 1:04 AM CST for Hinds County, Madison County, Yazoo County, 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 9, 2011, 1:04 AM CST (07:04 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2011, 4:00 AM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 9, 1:54 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Yazoo City, MS	GRAND AVE BETWEEN 7TH AND 11TH STREETS IS FLOODED AS WELL AS THE PARK NEXT TO THE FOUCHE PARK APARTMENTS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 46 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 542 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 664 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

811 
WGUS54 KJAN 090704
FFWJAN
MSC049-089-163-091000-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0030.110309T0704Z-110309T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
104 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BYRAM...JACKSON...CLINTON...
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...
  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YAZOO CITY...

* UNTIL 400 AM CST

* AT 104 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  7 MILES SOUTH OF HOLLY BLUFF TO NEWMAN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.    
  ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE    
  INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  EDWARDS...PHOENIX...DRY GROVE...TINSLEY...BOLTON...BROWNSVILLE...
  RAYMOND...LITTLE YAZOO...TERRY...FLORA...POCAHONTAS...MYRLEVILLE...
  BENTON...ANNANDALE...MIDWAY...GLUCKSTADT...VAUGHAN...WAY...
  SHARON...CAMERON...CAMDEN AND FARMHAVEN

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
TWO HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES IN A HOUR CAN CAUSE
FLOODING IN AND AROUND YAZOO CITY INCLUDING EIGHT STREET AT PRENTISS
AVENUE...CALHOUN AVENUE AT NINTH STREET...FIFTH STREET AT CLAY
AVENUE...BRIDGE STREET AT MOUND STREET AND GRAND AVENUE EXTENSION AT
THE BROADMOOR APARTMENTS ENTRANCE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3289 8997 3288 8973 3261 8974 3244 9006
      3217 9024 3205 9023 3206 9072 3235 9070
      3236 9063 3253 9055 3262 9070 3269 9066
      3272 9072 3281 9070 3284 9075 3292 9065
      3293 9045 3301 9045 3303 9035

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 6:02 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lincoln	118 min
Mar 8, 6:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	49 min
Mar 8, 6:42 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest	102 min
Mar 8, 7:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln	20 min
Mar 8, 7:11 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	84 min
Mar 8, 7:13 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	2 hr
Mar 8, 7:41 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	2 hr
Mar 8, 8:21 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	8 days
Mar 8, 8:21 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	9 days
Mar 8, 8:21 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	4 days
Mar 8, 8:21 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	37 hr
Mar 8, 8:21 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	7 days
Mar 8, 8:21 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	8 days
Mar 8, 8:21 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	6 days
Mar 8, 8:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	46 min
Mar 8, 8:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	2 hr
Mar 8, 8:34 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	6 days
Mar 8, 9:00 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Smith	2 hr
Mar 8, 9:18 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	48 hr
Mar 8, 9:23 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest	48 hr
Mar 8, 9:45 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	2 hr
Mar 8, 9:57 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	JAN	Jasper, Jones	10 hr
Mar 8, 10:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	19 min
Mar 8, 10:32 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	118 min
Mar 8, 10:45 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln	4 hr
Mar 8, 10:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	35 min
Mar 8, 11:00 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Smith	2 hr
Mar 8, 11:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	73 min
Mar 8, 11:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo	52 min
Mar 9, 12:02 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	7 hr
Mar 9, 12:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	23 min
Mar 9, 12:18 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	3 hr
Mar 9, 12:28 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams	3 hr
Mar 9, 12:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson, Warren	65 min
Mar 9, 12:41 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Covington	3 hr
Mar 9, 12:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	47 min
Mar 9, 1:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Madison, Rankin, Simpson, Smith	43 min
Mar 9, 1:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	31 min
Mar 9, 2:02 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	3 hr
Mar 9, 2:28 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	3 hr
Mar 9, 2:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson, Smith	39 min
Mar 9, 2:43 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Newton, Scott, Smith	3 hr
Mar 9, 3:03 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	3 hr
Mar 9, 3:09 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	2 hr
Mar 9, 3:19 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper	3 hr
Mar 9, 3:24 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams	2 hr
Mar 9, 3:59 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	4 hr
Mar 9, 4:07 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	4 hr
Mar 9, 4:31 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest	62 hr
Mar 9, 4:31 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest	52 hr
Mar 9, 4:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	25 min
Mar 9, 4:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	16 min
Mar 9, 5:03 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln	117 min
Mar 9, 5:17 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	3 hr
Mar 9, 5:47 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Newton, Scott, Simpson, Smith	3 hr
Mar 9, 6:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes	3 days
Mar 9, 6:44 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	10 days
Mar 9, 6:44 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	9 days
Mar 9, 7:01 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	3 hr
Mar 9, 7:58 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jones	3 hr
Mar 9, 9:56 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes	12 hr
Mar 9, 10:20 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin	10 hr
Mar 9, 11:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	6 days
Mar 9, 11:21 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Simpson	69 hr
Mar 9, 11:40 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	9 hr
Mar 9, 11:48 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	70 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.