Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Mar 9, 2011, 3:09 AM CST (09:09 UTC)

Expired

Mar 9, 2011, 5:15 AM CST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Claiborne County, MS, Jefferson County, MS

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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814 
WGUS54 KJAN 090909
FFWJAN
MSC021-063-091115-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0037.110309T0909Z-110309T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 515 AM CST

* AT 308 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    
  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED     
  AREA. THE STORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...BUT   
  WERE TENDING TO REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. ESTIMATED RADAR 
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES...HAVE       
  OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  REGANTON...ROCKY SPRINGS...HERMANVILLE...ALCORN AND PORT GIBSON

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

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 3186 9131 3182 9125 3187 9126 3199 9116
      3203 9107 3208 9115 3206 9105 3210 9100
      3209 9092 3213 9091 3216 9078 3219 9078
      3220 9073 3162 9074 3162 9115 3165 9126
      3176 9133 3175 9128 3177 9126 3177 9137

$$

BYB

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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.