Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 4, 2011, 4:40 PM CDT for 7 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 2 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
- Apr 4, 2011, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Attala County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Winston County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 5:33 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Columbus, MS | SEVERAL STREETS AND ROADS FLOODED IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS |
| Apr 4, 5:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Columbus, MS | SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN LOWNDES COUNTY DUE TO FLASH FLOODING |
| Apr 4, 6:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Columbus, MS | SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING ONGOING. MANY ROADS AND STREETS FLOODED OR CLOSED. A SHOPPING CENTER HAS EVERY STORE WITH WATER COMING IN IT. EVACUATIONS IN PROGRESS. |
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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1411 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 425 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
504
WGUS54 KJAN 042140
FFWJAN
MSC007-019-025-087-103-105-159-042345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0050.110404T2140Z-110404T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
440 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE...
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS...
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STARKVILLE...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM EASTERN
ATTALA COUNTY...TO NEAR COLUMBUS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREA. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL
AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN
THE PAST TWO HOURS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BENT
OAK...STEENS...WAVERLY...TIBBEE...SESSUMS...OKTOC...LONGVIEW...
CRAIG SPRINGS...DEERBROOK...CRAWFORD...BROOKSVILLE AND ACKERMAN
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
TWO HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES 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 3325 8945 3350 8884 3361 8829 3319 8848
3303 8901 3294 8944
$$
AEG2 follow-up statements
057
WGUS74 KJAN 042235
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
535 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
MSC007-019-025-087-103-105-159-042345-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110404T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY MS-LOWNDES MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS-ATTALA MS-NOXUBEE MS-
WINSTON MS-
535 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
WINSTON...NORTHWESTERN NOXUBEE...EASTERN ATTALA...SOUTHERN CHOCTAW...
OKTIBBEHA...LOWNDES AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...
AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR COLUMBUS TO NEAR ETHEL. THE STORMS WERE
CONTINUING TO TRACK OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. ESTIMATED RADAR
RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO TO THREE INCHES...HAVE
OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR. SEVERAL STREETS ARE CURRENTLY FLOODED IN
THE CITY OF COLUMBUS...WITH ADDITIONAL FLOODING LIKELY ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BENT
OAK...STEENS...WAVERLY...TIBBEE...SESSUMS...OKTOC...LONGVIEW...CRAIG
SPRINGS...STARKVILLE...CRAWFORD...COLUMBUS AND ACKERMAN
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
TWO HOURS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN
AREAS...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. IN ADDITION
OTHER LOW LYING AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS INCLUDING SEWERS...
DITCHES AND CULVERTS MAY ALSO OVERFLOW.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3325 8945 3350 8884 3361 8829 3319 8848
3303 8901 3294 8944
$$
BK281
WGUS74 KJAN 042306
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
606 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
MSC007-019-025-087-103-105-159-042345-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110404T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY MS-LOWNDES MS-OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS-ATTALA MS-NOXUBEE MS-
WINSTON MS-
606 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
WINSTON...NORTHWESTERN NOXUBEE...EASTERN ATTALA...SOUTHERN CHOCTAW...
OKTIBBEHA...LOWNDES AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...
AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN A BAND FROM
COLUMBUS TO SOUTH OF STARKVILLE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS BEGINNING TO
TAPER OFF...BUT RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN A BAND FROM STEENS AND COLUMBUS THROUGH SOUTHERN
OKTIBBEHA...NORTHERN WINSTON...AND EASTERN ATTALA COUNTIES.
SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PARTS OF THE WARNED
AREA. SEVERAL ROADS AND STREETS ARE CLOSED IN LOWNDES COUNTY DUE TO
FLASH FLOODING.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BENT
OAK...STEENS...WAVERLY...TIBBEE...SESSUMS...OKTOC...LONGVIEW...CRAIG
SPRINGS...STARKVILLE...CRAWFORD...COLUMBUS AND ACKERMAN
RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES AN HOUR CAN CAUSE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF COLUMBUS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS: THE MASONIC SUBDIVISION ALONG MAGBY CREEK...AREAS ALONG THE
LUXIPALILA CREEK FROM CBDG CONTINUANCE SOUTH OF MAIN AND WEST OF
COLUMBUS...SOUTH OF 182. THE MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN
INCLUDING 15TH STREET AT COLLEGE STREET...LOCATIONS ALONG MOORES
CREEK...AND THE COLUMBUS BRICK DETENTION POND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN
AREAS...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. IN ADDITION
OTHER LOW LYING AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS INCLUDING SEWERS...
DITCHES AND CULVERTS MAY ALSO OVERFLOW.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3325 8945 3350 8884 3361 8829 3319 8848
3303 8901 3294 8944
$$
AEGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 12:05 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clay | 11 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington | 62 min |
| Apr 4, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower and 1 more | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar, Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 1:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Winston | 67 min |
| Apr 4, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 62 min |
| Apr 4, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 4:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 58 min |
| Apr 4, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 119 min |
| Apr 4, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton, Scott | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Simpson, Smith | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 62 min |
| Apr 4, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 6:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 68 min |
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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.