Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2012, 4:34 PM CDT for Amite County, Wilkinson County, Mississippi; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. 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 9, 2012, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties East Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 503 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
398
WGUS54 KLIX 092134
FFWLIX
LAC037-MSC005-157-100030-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FF.W.0026.120609T2134Z-120610T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
434 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...CLINTON...
SOUTHWESTERN AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORWOOD...
FELPS AND CENTREVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 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.
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 3099 9083 3094 9086 3090 9086 3089 9084
3088 9086 3085 9084 3072 9086 3071 9130
3076 9128 3076 9126 3079 9124 3085 9123
3113 9110 3124 9080
$$
CAB1 follow-up statement
323
WGUS74 KLIX 092350
FFSLIX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
650 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
MSC005-157-100000-
/O.CAN.KLIX.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120610T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AMITE MS-WILKINSON MS-
650 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WILKINSON AND SOUTHWESTERN AMITE COUNTIES...
LAT...LON 3099 9084 3094 9086 3090 9086 3089 9084
3088 9086 3085 9084 3072 9086 3071 9130
3075 9128 3076 9126 3079 9124 3085 9123
3100 9116 3100 9089
$$
LAC037-100030-
/O.CON.KLIX.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120610T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EAST FELICIANA LA-
650 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR EAST
FELICIANA PARISH...
AT 649 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORWOOD AND
FELPS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3099 9084 3094 9086 3090 9086 3089 9084
3088 9086 3085 9084 3072 9086 3071 9130
3075 9128 3076 9126 3079 9124 3085 9123
3100 9116 3100 9089
$$
CABThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 8:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Jackson | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Harrison | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:54 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | LIX | 12 hr | |
| Jun 9, 8:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Plaquemines | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, Iberville | 112 min |
| Jun 9, 2:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist, Terrebonne | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | East Baton Rouge, Livingston | 115 min |
| Jun 9, 3:48 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LIX | 27 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.