Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 17, 2012, 3:41 PM CST for Amite County, Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 5 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
- Jan 17, 2012, 3:41 PM CST (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2012, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Amite County, MS, Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
563
WGUS54 KLIX 172141
FFWLIX
MSC005-113-147-180045-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FF.W.0001.120117T2141Z-120118T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
341 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCCOMB...
WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 645 PM CST
* AT 339 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER MCCOMB. ADDITIONAL REPEAT HEAVY
RAINFALL IN SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND RURAL AREAS WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TYLERTOWN...OSYKA...MAGNOLIA...GILLSBERG AND DEXTER
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3130 9004 3118 9002 3117 9000 3114 9000
3114 8994 3108 8991 3108 8984 3107 8983
3100 8983 3100 9071 3124 9069 3127 9046
$$
22/TD2 follow-up statements
440
WGUS74 KLIX 180017
FFSLIX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
617 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012
MSC005-113-147-180045-
/O.CON.KLIX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120118T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AMITE MS-WALTHALL MS-PIKE MS-
617 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR
PIKE...WALTHALL AND SOUTHEASTERN AMITE COUNTIES...
AT 605 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY AND WEST CENTRAL
AMITE COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL TRACK EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
HOWEVER...SOME REDEVELOPMENT HAS OCCURRED ACROSS AMITE COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLASHING FLOODING AND
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE EXTENDED BEYOND 645 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3130 9004 3118 9002 3117 9000 3114 9000
3114 8994 3108 8991 3108 8984 3107 8983
3100 8983 3100 9071 3124 9069 3127 9046
$$359
WGUS54 KLIX 180029
FFWLIX
MSC005-113-147-180245-
/O.EXT.KLIX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120118T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
629 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCCOMB...
WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 845 PM CST
* AT 618 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WALTHALL...PIKE AND
AMITE COUNTIES. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SAME
RAIN SOAKED AREAS FROM THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3130 9004 3118 9002 3117 9000 3114 9000
3114 8994 3108 8991 3108 8984 3107 8983
3100 8983 3100 9071 3124 9069 3127 9046
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 2:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 59 min |
| Jan 17, 3:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 38 min |
| Jan 17, 4:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 35 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.