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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

January 21, 20164 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jan 21, 2016, 5:03 PM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 2 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
Jan 21, 2016, 5:03 PM CST (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2016, 7:30 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lincoln County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 82 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2016-01-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2016-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

292 
WGUS54 KJAN 212303
FFWJAN
MSC029-037-063-085-220130-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0002.160121T2303Z-160122T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
503 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 730 PM CST
    
* AT 502 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN
  HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  HAZLEHURST...WESSON...BUDE...LOYD STAR...UNION CHURCH...GALLMAN...
  NEW HOPE...HOPEWELL...VAUGHN...MARTINSVILLE...MCCALL CREEK...
  GLANCY...KIRBY...ALLEN...CASEYVILLE...MEADVILLE...BEAUREGARD AND
  GEORGETOWN.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 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 3144 9104 3152 9103 3190 9047 3201 9024
      3185 9014 3184 9016 3183 9015 3146 9071

$$

CME

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 20, 7:52 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANClay4 days
Jan 21, 8:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson24 min
Jan 21, 8:58 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANCopiah32 min
Jan 21, 9:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds12 min
Jan 21, 9:54 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANWarren36 min
Jan 21, 10:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren55 min
Jan 21, 10:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Yazoo56 min
Jan 21, 11:08 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes37 min
Jan 21, 12:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala25 min
Jan 21, 1:19 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo12 hr
Jan 21, 1:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes26 min
Jan 21, 1:51 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes24 min
Jan 21, 1:54 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANScott36 min
Jan 21, 2:04 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin26 min
Jan 21, 2:10 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANYazoo35 min
Jan 21, 2:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams75 min
Jan 21, 2:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala26 min
Jan 21, 2:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAdams64 min
Jan 21, 2:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo47 min
Jan 21, 2:29 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANWarren31 min
Jan 21, 2:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake34 min
Jan 21, 2:43 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningJANBolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 5 more19 hr
Jan 21, 2:43 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryJANAttala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 15 more23 hr
Jan 21, 2:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Hinds, Warren52 min
Jan 21, 3:11 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo3 hr
Jan 21, 3:21 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAdams, Franklin, Jefferson54 min
Jan 21, 3:25 PM CSTWind AdvisoryJANBolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Warren and 1 more23 hr
Jan 21, 3:27 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANCopiah33 min
Jan 21, 3:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson41 min
Jan 21, 3:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison55 min
Jan 21, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott45 min
Jan 21, 3:59 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln61 min
Jan 21, 4:03 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke27 min
Jan 21, 4:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Hinds43 min
Jan 21, 4:13 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson62 min
Jan 21, 4:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba45 min
Jan 21, 4:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln42 min
Jan 21, 4:39 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Simpson66 min
Jan 21, 5:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson47 min
Jan 21, 5:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott65 min
Jan 21, 5:27 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson48 min
Jan 21, 5:49 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNewton, Scott35 min
Jan 21, 5:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith53 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.