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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 22, 2012, 9:01 AM CDT for Covington County, Jasper County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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, 9:01 AM CDT (14:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2012, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Covington County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:04 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, 9:33 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.3 | Bay Springs, MS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
216
WGUS54 KJAN 221401
FFWJAN
MSC031-061-129-221700-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0031.120322T1401Z-120322T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
901 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRINGER...
COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLLINS...
* UNTIL NOON CDT
* AT 858 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AROUND
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO TO FOUR
INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST SIX HOURS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LONE
STAR...MOUNT OLIVE...TAYLORSVILLE...MOSS...RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...
BURNS...HEIDELBERG...TURNERVILLE...PINEVILLE...STAFFORD SPRINGS...
PAULDING...ORANGE...ROSE HILL AND GARLANDVILLE
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 3151 8959 3154 8960 3161 8975 3177 8976
3178 8965 3203 8966 3222 8955 3222 8891
3182 8891 3180 8940 3143 8940 3143 8958
$$
BYB1 follow-up statement
583
WGUS54 KJAN 221521
FFWJAN
MSC031-061-129-221715-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120322T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1021 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRINGER...
COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLLINS...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
* AT 1021 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 15 MILES SOUTH OF
SANFORD...OR 9 MILES WEST OF WEST HATTIESBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 90
MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO
TWO INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LONE
STAR...MOUNT OLIVE...TAYLORSVILLE...MOSS...RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...
HEIDELBERG...STAFFORD SPRINGS...TURNERVILLE...BURNS...PINEVILLE...
PAULDING...ORANGE AND ROSE HILL
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
TWO HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3151 8959 3154 8960 3161 8975 3177 8976
3178 8965 3203 8966 3222 8955 3222 8891
3182 8891 3180 8940 3143 8940 3143 8958
$$The 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, 8:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 3 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, 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.