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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Jackson, MS

March 10, 2016Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 1:29 AM CST for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 12 hr. 5 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 10, 2016, 1:29 AM CST (07:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2016, 1:00 PM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Ashley County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 10, 1:39 AM CSTFLASH FLOODCrossett, ARNUMEROUS ROADS AROUND THE COUNTY ARE EITHER UNDERWATER OR WASHED OUT. HWY 133 NORTH AND 425 SOUTH NEAR THE LOUISIANA STATE LINE ARE CLOSED. EVACUATIONS OF RESIDENCES HAVE OCCURRED IN BOTH CROSSETT AND PARKDALE.
Mar 10, 2:15 AM CSTFLASH FLOOD5 Wsw Berlin, ARUS HIGHWAY 425 CLOSED SOUTH OF HAMBURG
Mar 10, 7:00 AM CSTHEAVY RAIN 12.08S Crossett, ARTWO DAY TOTAL.
Mar 10, 7:00 AM CSTHEAVY RAIN 12.32 Se Crossett, ARTWO DAY/STORM TOTAL.
Mar 10, 7:00 AM CSTHEAVY RAIN 13.5S Hamburg, ARTWO DAY TOTAL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-03-10Temperature 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -90 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

845 
WGUS54 KJAN 100729
FFWJAN
ARC003-101300-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0024.160310T0729Z-160310T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
129 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 700 AM CST

* AT 128 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS
  FLOODED ACROSS THE AREA. SOME EVACUATIONS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE
  DUE TO RISING FLOOD WATERS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS
  THE WARNED AREA! RADAR INDICATES AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES OF RAIN MAY
  HAVE FALLEN OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY OVER THE PAST 24
  HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CROSSETT...HAMBURG...WILMOT...NORTH CROSSETT...WEST CROSSETT...
  PORTLAND...MONTROSE...PARKDALE...FOUNTAIN HILL...BERLIN...OLD
  MILO...SNYDER AND BLANCHTON.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR 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.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3315 9211 3316 9214 3319 9214 3321 9213
      3321 9208 3324 9209 3325 9205 3328 9204
      3331 9198 3335 9199 3335 9197 3338 9196
      3340 9199 3339 9146 3301 9146 3301 9206
      3303 9209 3303 9211 3310 9214

$$

DL
2 follow-up statements
924 
WGUS74 KJAN 100957
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
357 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016

ARC003-101300-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160310T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ASHLEY AR-
357 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR
ASHLEY COUNTY...

AT 354 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ON
NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES NEAR TEN INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY IN THE PAST 24
HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY
DISCOURAGED!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CROSSETT...HAMBURG...WILMOT...NORTH CROSSETT...WEST CROSSETT...
PORTLAND...MONTROSE...PARKDALE...FOUNTAIN HILL...BERLIN...OLD MILO...
SNYDER AND BLANCHTON.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE 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.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3315 9211 3316 9214 3319 9214 3321 9213
      3321 9208 3324 9209 3325 9205 3328 9204
      3331 9198 3335 9199 3335 9197 3338 9196
      3340 9199 3339 9146 3301 9146 3301 9206
      3303 9209 3303 9211 3310 9214

$$

JC
511 
WGUS54 KJAN 101247
FFWJAN
ARC003-101900-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160310T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
647 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 100 PM CST THURSDAY

* AT 647 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS
  FLOODED ACROSS THE AREA. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA! RADAR INDICATES AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE
  FALLEN OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY SINCE TUESDAY NIGHT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CROSSETT...HAMBURG...WILMOT...NORTH CROSSETT...WEST CROSSETT...
  PORTLAND...MONTROSE...PARKDALE...FOUNTAIN HILL...BERLIN...OLD
  MILO...SNYDER AND BLANCHTON.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 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 3315 9211 3316 9214 3319 9214 3321 9213
      3321 9208 3324 9209 3325 9205 3328 9204
      3331 9198 3335 9199 3335 9197 3338 9196
      3340 9199 3339 9146 3301 9146 3301 9206
      3303 9209 3303 9211 3310 9214

$$

DL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 6:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANAshley36 min
Mar 9, 6:37 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANChicot23 min
Mar 9, 7:31 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAshley, Chicot6 hr
Mar 9, 10:29 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANChicot46 min
Mar 10, 1:26 AM CSTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyJANChicot11 hr
Mar 10, 9:21 AM CSTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyJANAshley, Chicot3 hr
Mar 10, 12:14 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANChicot24 hr
Mar 10, 12:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAshley24 hr

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.