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Flash Flood Warning 121, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2016, 9:25 AM CDT for Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- Jun 14, 2016, 9:25 AM CDT (14:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2016, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Morehouse Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bonita, LA | PORTIONS OF HWY834 AND INTERSECTION OF HWY165 AND HWY140 REPORTED STANDING WATER |
| Jun 14, 10:47 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Pioneer, LA | PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 17 CLOSED BETWEEN PIONEER AND FOREST DUE TO STANDING WATER. |
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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 544 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
538
WGUS54 KJAN 141425
FFWJAN
ARC003-017-LAC067-123-141730-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0121.160614T1425Z-160614T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
925 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHERN ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
* AT 924 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4
INCHES INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BASTROP...CROSSETT...EUDORA...WILMOT...NORTH CROSSETT...
WEST CROSSETT...OAK GROVE...PARKDALE...JONES...BERLIN...GALION...
DARNELL...CHICOT JUNCTION...BEEKMAN...GOODWILL...EPPS...
MER ROUGE...KILBOURNE...FOREST AND COLLINSTON.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3322 9123 3301 9119 3300 9128 3264 9140
3259 9147 3258 9159 3267 9160 3267 9164
3256 9174 3257 9181 3255 9188 3258 9192
3266 9191 3271 9197 3271 9204 3270 9205
3301 9207 3309 9214 3315 9211 3319 9214
$$
CME1 follow-up statement
535
WGUS74 KJAN 141535
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1035 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
ARC003-017-LAC067-123-141730-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0121.000000T0000Z-160614T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHICOT AR-ASHLEY AR-WEST CARROLL LA-MOREHOUSE LA-
1035 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CHICOT AND SOUTHERN ASHLEY COUNTIES...WEST CARROLL AND
MOREHOUSE PARISHES...
AT 1033 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING NEAR
BONITA WHERE PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 834 AND 165 WERE UNDER WATER. RADAR
ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
OCCURRING IN SOME LOCATIONS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BASTROP...CROSSETT...EUDORA...WILMOT...NORTH CROSSETT...
WEST CROSSETT...OAK GROVE...PARKDALE...JONES...BERLIN...GALION...
DARNELL...CHICOT JUNCTION...BEEKMAN...GOODWILL...EPPS...MER ROUGE...
KILBOURNE...FOREST AND COLLINSTON.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3322 9123 3301 9119 3300 9128 3264 9140
3259 9147 3258 9159 3267 9160 3267 9164
3256 9174 3257 9181 3255 9188 3258 9192
3266 9191 3271 9197 3271 9204 3270 9205
3301 9207 3309 9214 3315 9211 3319 9214
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 3:33 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more | 3 days |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2016Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.