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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Jackson, MS

March 23, 2012Kemper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 23, 2012, 6:34 AM CDT for Kemper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 69 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
Mar 23, 2012, 6:34 AM CDT (11:34 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2012, 7:43 AM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Kemper County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:34 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 00:00Z on 2012-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2012-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-336 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 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.

498 
WGUS54 KJAN 231134
FFWJAN
MSC069-231330-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0035.120323T1134Z-120323T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
634 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT

* AT 632 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A 
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR 
PORTERVILLE...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF LAUDERDALE. THE STORMS WERE 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON 
THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ELECTRIC MILLS AND DE KALB

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...

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 3292 8858 3292 8836 3259 8839 3260 8879

$$



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1 follow-up statement
826 
WGUS74 KJAN 231243
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
743 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

MSC069-231253-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120323T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KEMPER MS-
743 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN KEMPER
COUNTY...

LAT...LON 3292 8858 3292 8836 3259 8839 3260 8879

$$

MRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 9:18 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANClarke3 days
Mar 23, 7:04 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryJANAdams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson and 5 more3 hr
Mar 23, 1:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANClay55 hr
Mar 23, 2:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANLauderdale, Newton19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.