Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Watches in 2015
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Jan 2, 2015, 3:01 PM CST for 47 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 3, 2015, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2015, 3:01 PM CST (21:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Flood severity
- None
All 58 counties
Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jan 2, 10:18 AM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 10:18 AM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1018 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015 ...WET PATTERN TO CONTINUE THROUGH FIRST HALF OF WEEKEND...WITH INCREASING RISK FOR ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY... .UPDATE...MAIN ADJUSTMENTS ARE TO LOWER POPS AND INCLUDE DRIZZLE TODAY. ALSO ADJUSTED TEMPS BASED ON LATEST HRRR. && .SHORT TERM... RAIN IS GRADUALLY TAPIERING OFF FROM THE WEST ACROSS NORTHERN HALF OF AREA AFTER A WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN EVENT LAST 24 HOURS...WITH MOST LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN HALF OF AREA PICKING UP 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. STEADIEST RAIN IS CURRENTLY WORKING EAST ACROSS HWY 82 CORRIDOR EAST OF I-55. REST OF AREA IS SEEING LOTS OF LOW CLOUDS/DRIZZLE WITH SOME PATCHY -RA AND SHRA. LATEST HRRR RUNS IMPLY THAT ONCE MAIN BATCH OF RAIN PUSHES EAST THIS DZ/SHRA REGIME WILL DOMINATE REST OF TODAY...AND HAVE ADJUSTED POPS AND WX ACCORDINGLY. COULD BE SOME UPTICK IN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE AND MAYBE A FEW TSRA LATE TODAY AS LOW LEVEL FLOW BACKS AROUND A BIT AGAIN AND ISENTROPIC ASCENT INCREASES. TEMPERATURES WILL NOT MOVE MUCH OVER MOST OF THE AREA TODAY AS STAGNANT COOL HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVERHEAD...GRADUALLY WEAKENING. EXCEPTION SHOULD BE DOWN IN THE HWY 98 CORRIDOR. LATEST VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT SOME PEEKS OF SUN SHOULD OCCUR DOWN THERE...AND WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE SHIFTING SLOWLY NW USHERING IN WARMER AIR. HRRR ACTUALLY PUSHES TEMPS INTO THE 70S IN THE HATTIESBURG/ PURVIS AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE I DID NOT TAKE THE GRIDS THAT WARM...DID USE THE HRRR AS A STARTING POINT TO ADJUST TEMPS UP SEVERAL DEGS IN THE SE AND TRY TO BEST DEPICT STRONG THERMAL GRADIENT ACROSS AREA. WITH REGARD TO SATURDAY SYSTEM...MODELS CONTINUE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL BE ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF EJECTING SW CONUS UPPER SYSTEM. STILL APPEARS AS THOUGH INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY STARTING LATE TONIGHT INTO SAT MORNING TO SUPPORT A RISK OF SEVERE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. WILL BE COORDINATING WITH SPC AND ADJUSTING HAZARD GRAPHICS/HWO THIS AFTERNOON...AS WELL AS EVALUATING HYDRO SITUATION FOR ANY POTENTIAL FLOOD WATCHES. MORE DETAILS IN THE AFTERNOON DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION... PER LASTEST OBS/SATELLITE TRENDS AND SREF/HRRR GUIDANCE...INCREASING WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL BRING WIDESPREAD LOW STRATUS AND AREAS OF FOG/DRIZZLE WITH IFR AND OCCASIONALLY LIFR RESTRICTIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE HAS BEEN SOME CIG BREAK-UP NEAR HBG...BUT EXPECT LOWER CIGS TO RETURN BY LATE AFTN. AREAS OF SHRA/TSRA CAN BE EXPECTED...BUT THE BULK OF TSRA ACTIVITY SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL SATURDAY. AWAY FROM TSRA...LOOK FOR PREVAILING CIGS TO LIFT SATURDAY MORNING TO MVFR CATEGORY AS STRONGER MIXING OCCURS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. /EC/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 55 55 70 47 / 66 56 95 71 MERIDIAN 52 53 70 51 / 68 67 83 90 VICKSBURG 54 55 69 44 / 57 69 100 40 HATTIESBURG 68 61 72 55 / 54 54 72 90 NATCHEZ 58 61 70 46 / 54 68 99 43 GREENVILLE 49 48 64 41 / 65 74 100 27 GREENWOOD 50 49 67 44 / 100 69 100 54 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && AEG/EC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 2:50 PM CST, 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 10:18 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 8 days |
| Jan 2, 10:18 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 3 days |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2015Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2015Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2015Every flash flood watch in 2015
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.