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Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Jackson, MS

May 13, 2011Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana; Warren County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2011, 11:16 AM CDT for Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana; Warren County, Mississippi. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2011, 11:16 AM CDT (16:16 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2011, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Madison Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Warren County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:19 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 86 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2132 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

131 
WGUS54 KJAN 131616
FFWJAN
LAC065-107-MSC149-131815-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0080.110513T1616Z-110513T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1116 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN TENSAS PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1116 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
  REPORTED NEAR YOKENA...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VICKSBURG. THE
  STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. 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 LE
  TOURNEAU

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 3227 9112 3229 9091 3213 9088 3213 9089
      3213 9091 3210 9092 3209 9112

$$

DHB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 2:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse41 min
May 13, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington36 min
May 13, 4:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANBolivar31 min
May 13, 4:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSunflower31 min
May 13, 5:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSunflower29 min
May 13, 5:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore, Sunflower46 min
May 13, 6:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSunflower45 min
May 13, 7:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes58 min
May 13, 7:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes29 min
May 13, 8:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes45 min
May 13, 11:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest, Lamar59 min
May 13, 11:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington, Jefferson Davis61 min
May 13, 12:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison60 min
May 13, 12:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANGrenada62 min
May 13, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANScott28 min
May 13, 2:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery2 hr
May 13, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion45 min
May 13, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMontgomery44 min
May 13, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Holmes, Montgomery45 min
May 13, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Montgomery42 min
May 13, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest, Lamar43 min
May 13, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington, Jones45 min
May 13, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChoctaw, Montgomery, Webster43 min
May 13, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones53 min
May 13, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Webster33 min
May 13, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJasper39 min
May 13, 5:06 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANIssaquena, Warren48 hr
May 13, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNewton46 min
May 13, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba29 min
May 13, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMontgomery41 min
May 13, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNewton40 min
May 13, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton46 min
May 13, 6:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMontgomery, Webster117 min
May 13, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANScott30 min
May 13, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Montgomery, Webster41 min
May 13, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningJANChoctaw, Webster20 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2011Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.