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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Jackson, MS

March 22, 2012Clarke County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 22, 2012, 11:30 AM CDT for Clarke County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 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, 11:30 AM CDT (16:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2012, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clarke County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 22, 1:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD8 Nw Quitman, MSSHUBUTA CREEK WELL OUT OF ITS BANKS...NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS WASHED OUT...WATER ACROSS COUNTY HIGHWAY 270

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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2012-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2012-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

490 
WGUS54 KJAN 221630
FFWJAN
MSC023-075-221830-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0034.120322T1630Z-120322T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1130 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF QUITMAN...
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUDERDALE...MERIDIAN STATION...
  MERIDIAN...

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1129 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN NEAR OVER 
THE WARNED AREA. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF 
TWO TO FOUR INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS OVER MUCH 
OF CLARKE AND EASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DALEVILLE...MARTIN...SUQUALENA...MEEHAN...SAVOY...KEWANEE...
  TOOMSUBA...ALAMUCHA...ZERO...INCREASE...SYKES...SNELL...
  MIDDLETON...SABLE...STONEWALL...NELLIEBURG...MARION AND
  COLLINSVILLE

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF 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 3189 8847 3185 8863 3182 8890 3257 8891
      3258 8839

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 7:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin2 hr
Mar 21, 8:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest94 min
Mar 21, 9:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANJones2 hr
Mar 21, 10:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale94 min
Mar 22, 4:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchJANChoctaw, Clarke, Clay, Covington, Forrest, Jasper and 15 more25 hr
Mar 22, 5:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANNeshoba6 days
Mar 22, 5:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake7 days
Mar 22, 5:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake8 days
Mar 22, 5:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake4 days
Mar 22, 5:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANForrest52 hr
Mar 22, 8:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar3 hr
Mar 22, 8:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale3 hr
Mar 22, 8:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANMadison, Yazoo9 days
Mar 22, 8:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Lowndes, Noxubee3 hr
Mar 22, 8:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANNeshoba, Newton, Winston113 min
Mar 22, 9:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Smith3 hr
Mar 22, 10:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake5 days
Mar 22, 10:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANHinds, Rankin7 days
Mar 22, 10:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANCopiah, Simpson4 days
Mar 22, 10:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANLawrence4 days
Mar 22, 11:00 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANNeshoba, Newton, Winston6 hr
Mar 22, 11:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar2 hr
Mar 22, 11:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Lowndes, Noxubee2 hr
Mar 22, 12:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANClarke, Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Smith6 hr
Mar 22, 12:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest21 hr
Mar 22, 1:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANJones5 days
Mar 22, 1:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar6 hr
Mar 22, 1:32 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale6 hr
Mar 22, 1:35 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANKemper, Lowndes, Noxubee6 hr
Mar 22, 2:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake4 days
Mar 22, 4:13 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANNoxubee6 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.