Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2011, 3:03 AM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports 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, 3:03 AM CST (09:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Covington County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5:20 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Collins, MS | SEVERAL RDS ACROSS THE COUNTY REMAIN UNDER WATER. |
| Mar 9, 5:59 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 E New Hebron, MS | SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY DUE TO HIGH WATER |
| Mar 9, 5:59 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Bassfield, MS | JOE GRIFFIN ROAD IN SOUTH PORTION OF COUNTY TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER |
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
388
WGUS54 KJAN 090903
FFWJAN
MSC031-065-127-129-091200-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0036.110309T0903Z-110309T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
303 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLLINS...
* UNTIL 600 AM CST
* AT 303 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
11 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT OLIVE TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEBRON...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE
ORDER OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST SIX
HOURS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CLEM...PROGRESS...PRENTISS...SOCIETY HILL...TAYLORSVILLE...LONE
STAR...CARSON...MELBA AND SANFORD
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
TWO HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES IN A HOUR CAN CAUSE FLOODING
ON SOUTH OAK STREET.
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 3140 8996 3176 8997 3179 8975 3193 8966
3207 8932 3181 8933 3180 8940 3144 8939
3144 8982 3141 8982
$$
BYBThe 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 | 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 | 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, 1:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 3 hr |
| 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, 3:09 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 |
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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.