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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2016, 2:53 AM CST for Issaquena County, Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 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
- Mar 9, 2016, 2:53 AM CST (08:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2016, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chicot County, AR, Issaquena County, MS, Washington County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:10 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Dermott, AR | WATER COVERED A FEW ROADS IN THE CITY OF DERMOTT |
| Mar 9, 6:30 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Greenville, MS | NUMEROUS ROADS WITH STANDING WATER AROUND TOWN. PORTIONS OF LOWE ROAD WAS COVERED WITH WATER FROM RACEWAY TO BEAUCHAMP. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
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 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
619
WGUS54 KJAN 090853
FFWJAN
ARC017-MSC055-151-091300-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0013.160309T0853Z-160309T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
253 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 700 AM CST
* AT 252 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 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...
GREENVILLE...LELAND...HOLLANDALE...LAKE VILLAGE...DERMOTT...
EUDORA...AVON...METCALFE...ESTILL...MCMILLAN CORNER...GLEN ALLAN...
WINTERVILLE...WAYSIDE...CHICOT JUNCTION...GRACE...TRIBBETT...
LAMONT...MAYERSVILLE AND ARCOLA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3352 9132 3352 9125 3356 9124 3352 9076
3329 9076 3309 9086 3310 9092 3301 9092
3274 9115 3274 9116 3282 9116 3290 9106
3298 9109 3299 9110 3290 9118 3293 9121
3300 9117 3301 9146 3356 9145 3356 9135
$$
DL1 follow-up statement
203
WGUS74 KJAN 091250
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
650 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016
ARC017-MSC055-151-091300-
/O.EXP.KJAN.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160309T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHICOT AR-WASHINGTON MS-ISSAQUENA MS-
650 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHICOT...WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN
ISSAQUENA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 AM CST...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3352 9132 3352 9125 3356 9124 3352 9076
3329 9076 3309 9086 3310 9092 3301 9092
3274 9115 3274 9116 3282 9116 3290 9106
3298 9109 3299 9110 3290 9118 3293 9121
3300 9117 3301 9146 3356 9145 3356 9135
$$
DLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 9:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 11:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 4 days |
| Mar 8, 11:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sharkey, Washington | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 1:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 40 min |
| Mar 9, 9:54 AM CST | Wind Advisory | JAN | Adams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:00 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 36 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:00 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 36 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:00 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren | 36 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:00 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | JAN | Adams, Wilkinson | 36 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 12:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 47 min |
| Mar 9, 2:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 3:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 40 min |
| Mar 9, 3:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:02 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Ashley | 9 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley | 26 min |
| Mar 9, 5:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 24 min |
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.