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Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS Jackson, MS

June 21, 2011Morehouse Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2011, 11:32 AM CDT for Morehouse Parish, Richland Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 118 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
Jun 21, 2011, 11:32 AM CDT (16:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2011, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2011-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2624 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
2624 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

065 
WGUS54 KJAN 211632
FFWJAN
LAC067-083-211830-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0095.110621T1632Z-110621T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1132 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  RICHLAND PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...START...RAYVILLE...

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1131 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  17 MILES EAST OF BASTROP TO 48 MILES SOUTHWEST OF                  
  BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ESTIMATED    
  RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO INCHES...HAVE         
  OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALTO
  AND ARCHIBALD

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 3252 9191 3267 9192 3286 9156 3273 9162
      3268 9162 3267 9159 3259 9159 3259 9150
      3238 9168 3238 9170 3234 9172 3227 9200
      3229 9203

$$

BYB
1 follow-up statement
715 
WGUS74 KJAN 211823
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
123 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

LAC067-083-211833-
/O.EXP.KJAN.FF.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110621T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOREHOUSE LA-RICHLAND LA-
123 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 130 PM CDT FOR RICHLAND AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MOREHOUSE PARISHES...

LAT...LON 3252 9191 3267 9192 3286 9156 3273 9162
      3268 9162 3267 9159 3259 9159 3259 9150
      3238 9168 3238 9170 3234 9172 3227 9200
      3229 9203

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 7:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse51 min
Jun 21, 7:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRichland44 min
Jun 21, 11:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse45 min
Jun 21, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison48 min
Jun 21, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia54 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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.