Flash Flood Warning 105, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Aug 13, 2012, 8:50 AM CDT (13:50 UTC)

Expired

Aug 13, 2012, 9:53 AM CDT

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Bolivar County, MS

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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531 
WGUS54 KJAN 131350
FFWJAN
MSC011-131545-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0105.120813T1350Z-120813T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
850 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHELBY...SHAW...ROSEDALE...
  CLEVELAND...

* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT

* AT 849 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  BENOIT...OR 10 MILES WEST OF CLEVELAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
  MPH. 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
  LAMONT...RENOVA AND BOYLE

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 SMALL
CREEKS...STREAMS AND FARMLAND ALONG BANKS AND COUNTRY ROADS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS
AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO
FLOODING.

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 3411 9066 3362 9067 3361 9077 3353 9077
      3353 9121 3353 9122 3354 9122 3360 9113
      3370 9120 3368 9104 3377 9115 3378 9099
      3384 9108 3393 9102 3397 9109 3396 9098
      3402 9099 3409 9088 3412 9096

$$

MRM

579 
WGUS74 KJAN 131453
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
953 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2012

MSC011-131504-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0105.000000T0000Z-120813T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOLIVAR MS-
953 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BOLIVAR COUNTY...

LAT...LON 3411 9066 3362 9067 3361 9077 3353 9077
      3353 9121 3353 9122 3354 9122 3360 9113
      3370 9120 3368 9104 3377 9115 3378 9099
      3384 9108 3393 9102 3397 9109 3396 9098
      3402 9099 3409 9088 3412 9096

$$

MRM

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.