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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

January 3, 20155 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jan 3, 2015, 3:43 PM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2015, 3:43 PM CST (21:43 UTC)
Expired: Jan 3, 2015, 9:45 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Covington County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Newton County, MS, Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 3, 4:39 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	8 N Collins, MS	WATER REPORTED ACROSS DILMORE DENNIS RD
Jan 3, 5:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Wnw Bay Springs, MS	FLOODING ALONG HWY 15 ON THE N SIDE OF TOWN...WATER IN SOME HOMES.
Jan 3, 5:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Wnw Bay Springs, MS	FLOODING ALONG HWY 15 ON THE N SIDE OF TOWN...WATER IN SOME HOMES. RD 18-2 HAS BEEN WASHED OUT.
Jan 3, 5:30 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Rose Hill, MS	FLOODING REPORTED AT MS HIGHWAY 18 AND MS HIGHWAY 513
Jan 3, 7:30 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	7 N Collins, MS	SOME ROADS ARE FLOODED ACROSS THE N PART OF THE COUNTY WITH 4 ROADS BARRICADED AND CLOSED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 353 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 556 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

313 
WGUS54 KJAN 032143
FFWJAN
MSC031-061-101-123-129-040045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0002.150103T2143Z-150104T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
343 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRINGER...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON...
  NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLLINS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 343 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORM  OVER THE WARNED AREA.            
  ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE    
  INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOMEWOOD...
  LAWRENCE...ROBERTS...STRATTON...LITTLE ROCK...DUFFEE...
  GARLANDVILLE...ROSE HILL...TURNERVILLE...PAULDING...PINEVILLE...
  BURNS...TAYLORSVILLE...RALEIGH...DECATUR...CONEHATTA AND BAY
  SPRINGS

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 3206 8896 3184 8911 3180 8940 3153 8957
      3159 8972 3161 8975 3174 8975 3178 8973
      3178 8965 3197 8966 3214 8959 3225 8950
      3258 8923 3258 8892 3226 8892

$$

AEG

2 follow-up statements

777 
WGUS74 KJAN 032321
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
521 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

MSC031-061-101-123-129-040045-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150104T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SMITH MS-SCOTT MS-NEWTON MS-JASPER MS-COVINGTON MS-
521 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON...JASPER...NEWTON...SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT AND
SMITH COUNTIES...

AT 519 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO TO FOUR 
INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. REPORTS HAVE BEEN 
RECEIVED OF ROADS FLOODING NEAR BAY SPRINGS AS WELL AS ACROSS PARTS 
OF COVINGTON COUNTY.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DUFFEE...
GARLANDVILLE...ROSE HILL...TURNERVILLE...PAULDING...STRINGER AND
COLLINS

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA 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 3206 8896 3184 8911 3180 8940 3153 8957
      3159 8972 3161 8975 3174 8975 3178 8973
      3178 8965 3197 8966 3214 8959 3225 8950
      3258 8923 3258 8892 3226 8892

$$

CME

055 
WGUS54 KJAN 040034
FFWJAN
MSC031-061-101-123-129-040345-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150104T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
634 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRINGER...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON...
  NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLLINS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CST

* AT 633 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ONGOING   
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA THIS       
  AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON 
  THE ORDER OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST SIX  
  HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOMEWOOD...
  LAWRENCE...ROBERTS...STRATTON...LITTLE ROCK...DUFFEE...
  GARLANDVILLE...ROSE HILL...TURNERVILLE...PAULDING...PINEVILLE...
  BURNS...RALEIGH...DECATUR...CONEHATTA AND BAY SPRINGS

LOCALLY 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 3206 8896 3184 8911 3180 8940 3153 8957
      3159 8972 3161 8975 3174 8975 3178 8973
      3178 8965 3197 8966 3214 8959 3225 8950
      3258 8923 3258 8892 3226 8892

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 3, 6:05 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	8 days
Jan 3, 10:32 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	8 days
Jan 3, 10:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	9 days
Jan 3, 10:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	10 days
Jan 3, 11:02 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	70 hr
Jan 3, 12:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	44 min
Jan 3, 1:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion	67 min
Jan 3, 1:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	28 min
Jan 3, 1:47 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Issaquena, Leflore and 4 more	12 hr
Jan 3, 1:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	37 min
Jan 3, 2:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Smith	64 min
Jan 3, 2:21 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	114 min
Jan 3, 2:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Simpson	35 min
Jan 3, 2:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	26 min
Jan 3, 2:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin	20 min
Jan 3, 3:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Montgomery, Winston	40 min
Jan 3, 3:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	67 min
Jan 3, 3:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	45 min
Jan 3, 3:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster	41 min
Jan 3, 3:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper	17 min
Jan 3, 3:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	13 min
Jan 3, 4:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	59 min
Jan 3, 4:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha	43 min
Jan 3, 4:13 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	6 hr
Jan 3, 4:20 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	3 hr
Jan 3, 4:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	24 min
Jan 3, 4:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	43 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.