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Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Jackson, MS

April 14, 2016Lowndes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 14, 2016, 5:43 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Mississippi. 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: Apr 14, 2016, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Lowndes County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

033 
WGUS54 KJAN 142243
FFWJAN
MSC087-150145-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0113.160414T2243Z-160415T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 540 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES
  OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BENT OAK.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3344 8841 3329 8847 3333 8861 3346 8857

$$

BYB

1 follow-up statement

320 
WGUS74 KJAN 142354
FFSJAN

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

MSC087-150003-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160415T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOWNDES MS-
654 PM CDT THU APR 14 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOWNDES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. ANY TEMPORARILY HIGH FLOOD WATERS HAVE
RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT BUT PLEASE
CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3344 8841 3329 8847 3333 8861 3346 8857

$$

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, 5:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	3 hr
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

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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.