Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 4, 2012, 10:47 AM CST for Carroll County, Montgomery County, Mississippi. 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
- Feb 4, 2012, 10:47 AM CST (16:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2012, 1:45 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carroll County, MS, Montgomery County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
387
WGUS54 KJAN 041647
FFWJAN
MSC015-097-041945-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0009.120204T1647Z-120204T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1047 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLACK HAWK...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINONA...
* UNTIL 145 PM CST
* AT 1048 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
WINONA TO 7 MILES EAST OF BLACK HAWK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE
INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO HOURS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DUCK
HILL...VAIDEN...SWEATMAN...LODI...KILMICHAEL AND POPLAR CREEK
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
THREE 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 3346 8950 3346 8943 3344 8943 3343 8946
3328 8946 3329 8970 3322 8975 3334 9017
3366 8985 3367 8951
$$
CME1 follow-up statement
437
WGUS74 KJAN 041913
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
113 PM CST SAT FEB 4 2012
MSC015-097-041945-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120204T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY MS-CARROLL MS-
113 PM CST SAT FEB 4 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST FOR
CARROLL AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
AT 112 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT HEAVY RAIN NEAR KILMICHAEL...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINONA.
THE RAIN AREA WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL
AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO TO THREE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE
PAST THREE HOURS.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LODI...
SWEATMAN...NORTH CARROLLTON AND DUCK HILL
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3346 8950 3346 8943 3344 8943 3343 8946
3328 8946 3329 8970 3322 8975 3334 9017
3366 8985 3367 8951
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 6:57 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 63 hr |
| Feb 4, 2:34 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Adams, Attala, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin and 13 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 4, 10:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Feb 4, 10:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 44 min |
| Feb 4, 11:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 29 min |
| Feb 4, 12:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah | 31 min |
| Feb 4, 12:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 30 min |
| Feb 4, 12:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 25 min |
| Feb 4, 12:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake | 33 min |
| Feb 4, 12:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 29 min |
| Feb 4, 12:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 38 min |
| Feb 4, 12:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lawrence | 31 min |
| Feb 4, 1:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Neshoba | 30 min |
| Feb 4, 1:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Scott | 29 min |
| Feb 4, 1:13 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 62 min |
| Feb 4, 1:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 61 min |
| Feb 4, 4:54 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 5 days |
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.