Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 138, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2016, 9:17 PM CDT for Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 3, 2016, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Smith County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
970
WGUS54 KJAN 040217
FFWJAN
MSC129-040415-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0138.160904T0217Z-160904T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
917 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 917 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES 3 TO 5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MIZE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3185 8966 3193 8965 3200 8953 3197 8948
3179 8953 3178 8965
$$
DL1 follow-up statement
009
WGUS74 KJAN 040317
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1017 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016
MSC129-040415-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0138.000000T0000Z-160904T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SMITH MS-
1017 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTY...
AT 1015 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MIZE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3185 8966 3193 8965 3200 8953 3197 8948
3179 8953 3178 8965
$$
17The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 55 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.