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Flash Flood Warning 112, NWS Jackson, MS

April 14, 2016Jasper County, Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 14, 2016, 5:09 PM CDT for Jasper County, Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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: Apr 14, 2016, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 14, 6:15 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Laurel, MS	MULTIPLE STREETS IN AND AROUND LAUREL FLOODED

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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 496 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

013 
WGUS54 KJAN 142209
FFWJAN
MSC061-067-150115-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0112.160414T2209Z-160415T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
509 PM CDT THU APR 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 508 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LAUREL...ELLISVILLE...SANDERSVILLE...HEIDELBERG...STAFFORD SPRINGS...
  MOSELLE...TUCKERS CROSSING...EASTABUCHIE...MILL CREEK...MOSS AND
  PINEVIEW.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3146 8937 3171 8922 3182 8922 3199 8915
      3196 8891 3183 8891 3182 8894 3156 8894
      3143 8922 3143 8932

$$

BYB

1 follow-up statement

646 
WGUS74 KJAN 142314
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
614 PM CDT THU APR 14 2016

MSC061-067-150115-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0112.000000T0000Z-160415T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JONES MS-JASPER MS-
614 PM CDT THU APR 14 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
JONES AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES...

AT 612 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL JONES COUNTY. FROM TWO
TO FOUR INCHES OF HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA
IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAUREL...ELLISVILLE...SANDERSVILLE...HEIDELBERG...STAFFORD SPRINGS...
MOSELLE...TUCKERS CROSSING...EASTABUCHIE...MILL CREEK...MOSS AND
PINEVIEW.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR ACROSS EAST CENTRAL JONES
COUNTY...NEAR LAUREL AND ELLISVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3146 8937 3171 8922 3182 8922 3199 8915
      3196 8891 3183 8891 3182 8894 3156 8894
      3143 8922 3143 8932

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 10:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	65 min
Apr 14, 10:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	81 min
Apr 14, 11:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	59 min
Apr 14, 12:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds	81 min
Apr 14, 1:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	66 min
Apr 14, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson	46 min
Apr 14, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson	27 min
Apr 14, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	60 min
Apr 14, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	29 min
Apr 14, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	62 min
Apr 14, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	57 min
Apr 14, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lamar	28 min
Apr 14, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	43 min
Apr 14, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	26 min
Apr 14, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	61 min
Apr 14, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	41 min
Apr 14, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	37 min
Apr 14, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	45 min
Apr 14, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	23 min
Apr 14, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington	30 min
Apr 14, 5:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes	3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.