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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 15, 2012, 8:06 PM CST for Adams County, Claiborne County, Jefferson County, Mississippi; Concordia Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 114 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
- Feb 15, 2012, 8:06 PM CST (02:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2012, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Concordia Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Jefferson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
857
WGUS54 KJAN 160206
FFWJAN
LAC029-107-MSC001-021-063-160400-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0010.120216T0206Z-120216T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
806 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MONTEREY...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...
SOUTHERN TENSAS PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NATCHEZ...
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CST
* AT 806 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR NATCHEZ. THE STORMS
WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE
ORDER OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO HOURS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SPOKANE...FROGMORE...HELENA...CHURCH HILL...STANTON...PINE RIDGE...
WEST FERRIDAY...WATERPROOF...ST. JOSEPH AND CLAYTON
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
HOUR WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH POSSIBLE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES A HOUR CAN CAUSE FLOODING
IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS NEAR NATCHEZ: LIBERTY ROAD...PASSBACK ROAD
EAST...AND LOWER WOODVILLE SOUTH. THE FOLLOWING COUNTY ROADS FLOOD:
QUITMAN ROAD...ANNAS BOTTOM ROAD...HORSHOE DRIVE IN NORTHWEST ADAMS
COUNTY...AND BURKES ROAD IN SOUTHWEST ADAMS COUNTY.
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 3138 9185 3138 9178 3141 9185 3148 9182
3144 9181 3144 9172 3146 9173 3149 9180
3151 9178 3162 9176 3164 9171 3174 9169
3173 9163 3176 9159 3172 9154 3182 9157
3204 9114 3138 9115 3132 9139 3131 9187
$$
JA1 follow-up statement
363
WGUS74 KJAN 160233
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
833 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
LAC029-107-MSC001-021-063-160400-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120216T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ADAMS MS-JEFFERSON MS-CLAIBORNE MS-TENSAS LA-CONCORDIA LA-
833 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL CLAIBORNE...WESTERN JEFFERSON AND ADAMS COUNTIES...AND
CONCORDIA AND SOUTHERN TENSAS PARISHES...
AT 831 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT HOURLY RAINFALL RATES HAVE TAPERED OFF TO LESS THAN ONE HALF
INCH PER HOUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL
AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST
THREE HOURS. LOW-LYING AREAS WILL STILL BE PRONE TO EXCESSIVE
RUN-OFF OVER THE NEXT HOUR ACROSS AFFECTED AREAS AS RAIN CONTINUES
TO TAPER OFF.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SPOKANE...HELENA...CHURCH HILL...STANTON...PINE RIDGE...WEST
FERRIDAY...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA...ST. JOSEPH...FERRIDAY AND CLAYTON
RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES AN HOUR CAN CAUSE FLOODING
IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS NEAR NATCHEZ: LIBERTY ROAD...PASSBACK ROAD
EAST...AND LOWER WOODVILLE SOUTH. THE FOLLOW COUNTY ROADS FLOOD:
QUITMAN ROAD...ANNAS BOTTOM ROAD...AND HORSHOE DRIVE IN NORTHWEST
ADAMS COUNTY...AND BURKE'S ROAD IN SOUTHWEST ADAMS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3138 9185 3138 9178 3141 9185 3148 9182
3144 9181 3144 9172 3146 9173 3149 9180
3151 9178 3162 9176 3164 9171 3174 9169
3173 9163 3176 9159 3172 9154 3182 9157
3204 9114 3138 9115 3132 9139 3131 9187
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 6:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren | 56 min |
| Feb 15, 7:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Adams | 30 min |
| Feb 15, 7:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 34 min |
| Feb 15, 8:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 48 min |
| Feb 15, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Feb 15, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 55 min |
| Feb 15, 9:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 41 min |
| Feb 15, 6:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Concordia | 31 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.