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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 22, 2012, 8:16 AM CDT for Forrest County, Jones County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 8 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
- Mar 22, 2012, 8:16 AM CDT (13:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2012, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Forrest County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 9:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Sw Mclaurin, MS | GEIGER LAKE ROAD IN PAUL B JOHNSON STATE PARK WAS DAMAGED BY FLOOD WATERS. DELAYED REPORT |
| Mar 22, 9:20 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 E Purvis, MS | WATER WAS OVER BROWNS BRIDGE ROAD NEAR BAKER ROAD |
| Mar 22, 9:33 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ovett, MS | RURAL ROADS AROUND THE OVETT AREA ARE FLOODED PER PUBLIC REPORT |
| Mar 22, 9:58 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ellisville, MS | NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED ACROSS JONES COUNTY DUE TO FLASH FLOODING...INCLUDING MAGNOLIA...MONARCH...SAND HILL CHURCH...BIG CREEK...TOM COLLINS. ONE HOME ON REEDY CREEK ROAD FLOODED. |
| Mar 22, 10:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eastabuchie, MS | WATER WAS COVERING CHURCH ST IN THE EASTABUCHIE COMMUNITY |
| Mar 22, 10:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Wnw Eastabuchie, MS | WATER WAS COVERING CHURCH ST IN THE EASTABUCHIE COMMUNITY |
| Mar 22, 10:35 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Se Ovett, MS | UP TO 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER WAS COVERING A PART OF LOWER OVETT ROAD |
| Mar 22, 10:35 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Laurel, MS | SHORT 7TH AVENUE WAS FLOODED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 438 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
305
WGUS54 KJAN 221316
FFWJAN
MSC035-067-073-221615-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0027.120322T1316Z-120322T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
816 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PETAL...HATTIESBURG...
JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUREL...ELLISVILLE...
LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG...
* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
* AT 814 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AROUND
20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAXTERVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE
INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LUMBERTON...MAXIE...ROCK HILL...PURVIS...BROOKLYN...MCLAURIN...
SUMRALL...SUNRISE...RAWLS SPRINGS...MACEDONIA...EASTABUCHIE...
MOSELLE...OVETT...TUCKERS CROSSING...MILL CREEK AND SANDERSVILLE
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
TWO HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE OR TWO 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 3100 8935 3100 8941 3097 8944 3097 8947
3101 8951 3100 8965 3143 8965 3143 8940
3179 8940 3182 8894 3144 8894 3143 8914
3091 8913 3091 8934
$$
BYB1 follow-up statement
061
WGUS74 KJAN 221512
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1012 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
MSC035-067-073-221615-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120322T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAMAR MS-JONES MS-FORREST MS-
1012 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR
FORREST...JONES AND LAMAR COUNTIES...
AT 1012 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR PURVIS...OR 16
MILES SOUTH OF WEST HATTIESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCK
HILL...BROOKLYN...MCLAURIN...SUMRALL...HATTIESBURG...RAWLS SPRINGS...
SUNRISE...PETAL...EASTABUCHIE...MACEDONIA...MOSELLE...OVETT...
ELLISVILLE...TUCKERS CROSSING...LAUREL...MILL CREEK AND SANDERSVILLE
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
TWO HOURS. WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3100 8935 3100 8941 3097 8944 3097 8947
3101 8951 3100 8965 3143 8965 3143 8940
3179 8940 3182 8894 3144 8894 3143 8914
3091 8913 3091 8934
$$
DHBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 7:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 2 hr |
| Mar 21, 8:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 94 min |
| Mar 21, 9:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 2 hr |
| Mar 21, 10:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 94 min |
| Mar 22, 4:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Covington, Forrest, Jasper and 15 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 22, 5:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 6 days |
| Mar 22, 5:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 7 days |
| Mar 22, 5:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 8 days |
| Mar 22, 5:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 4 days |
| Mar 22, 5:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 52 hr |
| Mar 22, 8:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 8:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 9 days |
| Mar 22, 8:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lowndes, Noxubee | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 8:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton, Winston | 113 min |
| Mar 22, 9:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Smith | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 10:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 5 days |
| Mar 22, 10:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 7 days |
| Mar 22, 10:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 4 days |
| Mar 22, 10:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 4 days |
| Mar 22, 11:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton, Winston | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lowndes, Noxubee | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 12:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Smith | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 12:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest | 21 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 5 days |
| Mar 22, 1:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lowndes, Noxubee | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 4 days |
| Mar 22, 4:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 6 hr |
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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.