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Flash Flood Warning 124, NWS Jackson, MS

July 14, 2016Noxubee County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2016, 7:46 PM CDT for Noxubee 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: Jul 14, 2016, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Noxubee County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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: 74 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -298 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1452 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

773 
WGUS54 KJAN 150046
FFWJAN
MSC103-150345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0124.160715T0046Z-160715T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 745 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
  HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PICKENSVILLE...MACON...PRAIRIE POINT...PAULETTE...GHOLSON...
  COOKSVILLE...BIGBEE VALLEY AND SHUQUALAK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3293 8835 3293 8879 3329 8843 3329 8830

$$

LAMB

2 follow-up statements

408 
WGUS74 KJAN 150146
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
846 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

MSC103-150345-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0124.000000T0000Z-160715T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NOXUBEE MS-
846 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NOXUBEE COUNTY...

AT 846 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PICKENSVILLE...MACON...PRAIRIE POINT...PAULETTE...GHOLSON...
COOKSVILLE...BIGBEE VALLEY AND SHUQUALAK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3293 8835 3293 8879 3329 8843 3329 8830

$$

LAMB

503 
WGUS74 KJAN 150251
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
951 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

MSC103-150301-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0124.000000T0000Z-160715T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NOXUBEE MS-
951 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NOXUBEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3293 8835 3293 8879 3329 8843 3329 8830

$$

LAMB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	42 min
Jul 14, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	38 min
Jul 14, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	54 min
Jul 14, 7:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Yazoo	28 min
Jul 14, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	25 min
Jul 14, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	39 min
Jul 14, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	32 min
Jul 14, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	43 min
Jul 14, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Neshoba	36 min
Jul 14, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	67 min
Jul 14, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	50 min
Jul 14, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington	63 min
Jul 14, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren, Yazoo	61 min
Jul 14, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Leflore	59 min
Jul 14, 9:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	23 min
Jul 14, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	49 min
Jul 14, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne	59 min
Jul 14, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	15 min
Jul 14, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	57 min
Jul 14, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery	57 min
Jul 14, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	29 min
Jul 14, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	31 min
Jul 14, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams, Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln	56 min
Jul 15, 11:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	3 hr
Jul 15, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence	45 min
Jul 15, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Grenada	48 min
Jul 15, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams	29 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.