Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2012, 8:50 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2012, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2012, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chicot County, AR, Bolivar County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1465 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
583
WGUS54 KJAN 050150
FFWJAN
ARC017-MSC011-133-151-050445-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0063.120605T0150Z-120605T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
850 PM CDT MON JUN 4 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...
SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PARCHMAN...RULEVILLE...MOORHEAD...
INDIANOLA...DREW...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...AVON...LELAND...HOLLANDALE...
GREENVILLE...
CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAKE VILLAGE...DERMOTT...
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
* AT 847 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
BENOIT TO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DERMOTT. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING
EAST AROUND 20 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
MCMILLAN CORNER...CHICOT JUNCTION...HOLLY RIDGE...BLAINE...ROME...
DEESON...SCOTT...LAMONT...WINTERVILLE...TRIBBETT...WAYSIDE...
MURPHY...DARLOVE...ESTILL...GLEN ALLAN...SUNFLOWER...RENOVA...MOUND
BAYOU...METCALFE...INVERNESS...GUNNISON 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...
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 3399 9066 3399 9045 3333 9046 3327 9073
3310 9068 3310 9091 3301 9092 3301 9116
3314 9120 3312 9146 3357 9145 3359 9115
3369 9123 3368 9104 3377 9115 3378 9099
3394 9103 3394 9105 3412 9087 3412 9068
$$
72 follow-up statements
616
WGUS74 KJAN 050251
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
951 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012
ARC017-MSC011-133-151-050445-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-120605T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHICOT AR-WASHINGTON MS-SUNFLOWER MS-BOLIVAR MS-
951 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR
BOLIVAR...SUNFLOWER...WASHINGTON AND CHICOT COUNTIES...
AT 949 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM LAKE VILLAGE
ARKANSAS TO ARCOLA. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. ESTIMATED
RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...HAVE
OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO HOURS...WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BLAINE...ROME...PARCHMAN...DEESON...SCOTT...SHELBY...RULEVILLE...
RENOVA...MOUND BAYOU...GUNNISON...DREW...CLEVELAND AND BOYLE
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
TWO HOURS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES AT NIGHT. NEVER DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING
FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3399 9066 3399 9045 3333 9046 3327 9073
3310 9068 3310 9091 3301 9092 3301 9116
3314 9120 3312 9146 3357 9145 3359 9115
3369 9123 3368 9104 3377 9115 3378 9099
3394 9103 3394 9105 3412 9087 3412 9068
$$
7244
WGUS74 KJAN 050410
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1110 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012
ARC017-MSC011-050418-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-120605T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHICOT AR-BOLIVAR MS-
1110 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BOLIVAR AND CHICOT
COUNTIES...
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3333 9046 3327 9073 3310 9070 3301 9092
3301 9116 3313 9120 3315 9108 3328 9104
3324 9110 3335 9114 3345 9106 3339 9119
3347 9112 3344 9123 3353 9121 3353 9077
3362 9076 3362 9066 3399 9066 3399 9045
$$
MSC133-151-050445-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-120605T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WASHINGTON MS-SUNFLOWER MS-
1110 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR
SUNFLOWER AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 1108 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM INDIANOLA TO
GLENN ALLEN. THE STORMS WERE SLOWLY DRIFTING EAST SOUTHEAST.
ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE
INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE TO FOUR HOURS.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BLAINE...ROME...PARCHMAN...RULEVILLE AND DREW
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
HOUR. WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES AT NIGHT. NEVER DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING
FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3333 9046 3327 9073 3310 9070 3301 9092
3301 9116 3313 9120 3315 9108 3328 9104
3324 9110 3335 9114 3345 9106 3339 9119
3347 9112 3344 9123 3353 9121 3353 9077
3362 9076 3362 9066 3399 9066 3399 9045
$$
7The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 12:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 1:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Humphreys | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 9:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 57 min |
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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.