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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2016, 3:39 PM CST for Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 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, 3:39 PM CST (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2016, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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, 7:01 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Dermott, AR | APPROXIMATELY 10 FAMILIES HAVE BEEN DISPLACED DUE TO RISING FLOODWATERS. MORE EVACUATIONS TAKING PLACE CURRENTLY. |
| Mar 9, 7:03 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Eudora, AR | 2 FAMILIES DISPLACED DUE TO RISING FLOODWATERS. HWY 65 UNDER 3.5 FEET OF WATER. |
| Mar 9, 7:05 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Dermott, AR | THE VAST MAJORITY OF COUNTY ROADS ARE IMPASSIBLE. |
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, 9.7 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
710
WGUS54 KJAN 092139
FFWJAN
ARC003-017-100130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0016.160309T2139Z-160310T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
339 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CST
* AT 337 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HAMBURG...LAKE VILLAGE...DERMOTT...EUDORA...WILMOT...PORTLAND...
MONTROSE...PARKDALE...BERLIN...SNYDER...MCMILLAN CORNER AND CHICOT
JUNCTION.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO 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 3340 9184 3339 9146 3356 9145 3356 9135
3352 9132 3355 9123 3350 9118 3344 9123
3343 9122 3344 9118 3350 9117 3348 9114
3343 9114 3341 9121 3338 9114 3313 9113
3313 9120 3307 9113 3300 9117 3301 9191
$$
221 follow-up statement
668
WGUS74 KJAN 100027
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
627 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016
ARC003-017-100130-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160310T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHICOT AR-ASHLEY AR-
627 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR
CHICOT AND ASHLEY COUNTIES...
AT 624 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN
IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HAMBURG...LAKE VILLAGE...DERMOTT...EUDORA...WILMOT...PORTLAND...
MONTROSE...PARKDALE...BERLIN...SNYDER...MCMILLAN CORNER AND CHICOT
JUNCTION.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. ALSO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED
BEYOND 730 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3340 9184 3339 9146 3356 9145 3356 9135
3352 9132 3355 9123 3350 9118 3344 9123
3343 9122 3344 9118 3350 9117 3348 9114
3343 9114 3341 9121 3338 9114 3313 9113
3313 9120 3307 9113 3300 9117 3301 9191
$$
17The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 11:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 4 days |
| Mar 9, 1:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 40 min |
| Mar 9, 2:53 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Chicot | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:00 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | JAN | Chicot, Desha | 36 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:00 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | JAN | Chicot | 36 hr |
| 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, 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 |
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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.