Alert archive / Louisiana / Areal Flood Warnings in 2016
Areal Flood Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this areal flood warning at Mar 11, 2016, 10:18 AM CST for Catahoula Parish, Franklin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 12 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
- Mar 11, 2016, 10:18 AM CST (16:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2016, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -284 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -406 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
155
WGUS44 KJAN 111618
FLWJAN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1018 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016
LAC025-041-120415-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FA.W.0021.160311T1618Z-160312T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATAHOULA LA-FRANKLIN LA-
1018 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CATAHOULA PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CST FRIDAY
* AT 1016 AM CST...EXTENSIVE FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE PARISHES
WITH MANY SECONDARY ROADS FLOODED OR CLOSED. RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS INTO THIS
EVENING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WINNSBORO...MANGHAM...LARTO...JONESVILLE...WISNER...LIDDIEVILLE...
BAKERS...ARCHIE...WALLACE RIDGE...SHERWOOD...AIMWELL...MANIFEST...
ENTERPRISE...MAYNA...LEE BAYOU...JIGGER...ROSEFIELD...CROWVILLE...
SICILY ISLAND AND GILBERT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3193 9201 3193 9190 3207 9193 3233 9176
3241 9148 3225 9156 3220 9149 3187 9158
3173 9154 3174 9168 3163 9171 3163 9181
3149 9181 3144 9172 3150 9185 3139 9178
3136 9186 3128 9182 3130 9193 3122 9198
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 6:33 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:28 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Catahoula, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison | 9 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:19 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Franklin | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 7:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Tensas | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 8:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:16 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison, Tensas | 21 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:24 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | JAN | East Carroll | 36 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:19 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 5:55 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.