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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Jackson, MS

March 10, 20164 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 1:30 AM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr. 9 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, 1:30 AM CST (07:30 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 2016, 7:30 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bolivar County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 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 10, 1:43 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Cleveland, MS	SOME HOMES IN THE COUNTY HAVE WATER IN THEM. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS ARE FLOODED.
Mar 10, 1:43 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Greenville, MS	COUNTY ROADS ARE FLOODED. SEVERAL HOMES HAVE STANDING WATER IN THEM IN GREENVILLE. A FEW CARS ARE STALLED IN GREENVILLE.
Mar 10, 4:14 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Greenville, MS	HIGHWAY 1 AND HIGHWAY 82 INTERSECTION COMPLETELY FLOODED. MANY COUNTY ROADS FLOODED. EVACUATIONS OCCURRED IN NORTHEAST GREENVILLE.
Mar 10, 6:12 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Indianola, MS	STREET FLOODING OCCURRED.
Mar 10, 6:59 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Parchman, MS	FIELDS NEAR HIGHWAY 49 NORTH OF PARCHMAN ARE FLOODED AND WATER ABOUT TO COVER THE ROAD. ESTIMATED 5.5 INCHES AT THAT LOCATION. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 7:00 AM CST	HEAVY RAIN 7.08	Cleveland, MS	TWO DAY TOTAL
Mar 10, 7:00 AM CST	HEAVY RAIN 7.52	3 Ene Leland, MS	TWO DAY TOTAL.
Mar 10, 7:10 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Metcalfe, MS	FLOODING ALONG BLACK BAYOU. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
Mar 10, 7:15 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Ruleville, MS	US 49 AT HWY 8 IS FLOODED.

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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 679 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 273 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 368 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 5.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

455 
WGUS54 KJAN 100730
FFWJAN
MSC011-055-133-151-101330-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0025.160310T0730Z-160310T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 730 AM CST THURSDAY
    
* AT 129 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN
  HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN OCCURRING IN
  WASHINGTON COUNTY AS WELL AS BOLIVAR COUNTY AND SHOULD BEGIN
  SHORTLY ACROSS THE REST OF THE WARNED AREA. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  GREENVILLE...CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...LELAND...RULEVILLE...
  HOLLANDALE...MOORHEAD...SHELBY...SHAW...DREW...PARCHMAN...AVON...
  SCOTT...MOUND BAYOU...SUNFLOWER...METCALFE...INVERNESS...RENOVA...
  BOYLE AND BENOIT.

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 3411 9066 3399 9066 3399 9045 3343 9045
      3275 9116 3292 9106 3292 9121 3313 9120
      3328 9104 3324 9110 3345 9106 3339 9112
      3369 9122 3368 9103 3373 9115 3378 9099
      3397 9109 3409 9087 3412 9095

$$

JC

1 follow-up statement

642 
WGUS74 KJAN 100907
FFSJAN

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

MSC011-055-133-151-101330-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160310T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WASHINGTON MS-BOLIVAR MS-SUNFLOWER MS-ISSAQUENA MS-
307 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CST
THURSDAY FOR WASHINGTON...BOLIVAR...SUNFLOWER AND NORTHWESTERN
ISSAQUENA COUNTIES...

AT 305 AM CST...WASHINGTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED
EVACUATIONS WERE BEGINNING TO OCCUR ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF
GREENVILLE DUE TO WATER ENTERING HOMES. SEVERAL ROADS ARE FLOODED
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND TRAVEL IS UNSAFE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.
UP TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNING AREA.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...LELAND...RULEVILLE...
HOLLANDALE...MOORHEAD...SHELBY...SHAW...DREW...PARCHMAN...AVON...
SCOTT...MOUND BAYOU...SUNFLOWER...METCALFE...INVERNESS...RENOVA...
BOYLE AND BENOIT.

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 3411 9066 3399 9066 3399 9045 3343 9045
      3275 9116 3292 9106 3292 9121 3313 9120
      3328 9104 3324 9110 3345 9106 3339 9112
      3369 9122 3368 9103 3373 9115 3378 9099
      3397 9109 3409 9087 3412 9095

$$

DL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 9:38 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	4 hr
Mar 9, 10:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	46 min
Mar 9, 11:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	44 min
Mar 10, 12:30 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	45 min
Mar 10, 4:24 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren	4 hr
Mar 10, 5:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Yazoo	51 min
Mar 10, 7:28 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Issaquena, Sunflower, Washington	3 hr
Mar 10, 9:13 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	6 hr
Mar 10, 9:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Issaquena, Warren	39 min
Mar 10, 9:38 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren	4 hr
Mar 10, 9:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	40 min
Mar 10, 10:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	54 min
Mar 10, 10:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	29 min
Mar 10, 10:38 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Yazoo	37 min
Mar 10, 10:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	51 min
Mar 10, 10:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds	45 min
Mar 10, 11:13 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Sunflower	6 hr
Mar 10, 11:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	15 days
Mar 10, 11:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	16 days
Mar 10, 11:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	17 days
Mar 10, 11:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	8 days
Mar 10, 11:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	13 days
Mar 10, 11:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	16 days
Mar 10, 11:28 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Yazoo	39 days
Mar 10, 11:28 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Sunflower	29 days
Mar 10, 11:32 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leflore	28 min
Mar 10, 11:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	4 days
Mar 10, 11:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Wilkinson	22 days
Mar 10, 11:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala	30 min
Mar 10, 12:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	25 min
Mar 10, 12:11 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	7 hr
Mar 10, 12:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw	28 min
Mar 10, 12:53 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw, Oktibbeha	52 min
Mar 10, 1:03 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren	6 hr
Mar 10, 1:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay, Oktibbeha	27 min
Mar 10, 1:32 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	6 hr
Mar 10, 1:36 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah	6 hr
Mar 10, 1:43 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Issaquena, Warren	6 hr
Mar 10, 1:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	30 min
Mar 10, 1:49 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lincoln	6 hr
Mar 10, 2:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	33 min
Mar 10, 2:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Simpson	24 min
Mar 10, 3:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Simpson	23 min
Mar 10, 3:31 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	5 hr
Mar 10, 3:31 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott	4 hr
Mar 10, 3:53 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Smith	37 min
Mar 10, 4:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	25 min
Mar 10, 4:23 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Smith	4 hr
Mar 10, 4:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	33 min
Mar 10, 4:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper, Newton	32 min
Mar 10, 5:19 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore and 2 more	6 hr
Mar 10, 5:24 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	10 hr
Mar 10, 5:26 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	JAN	Lamar, Marion	16 hr
Mar 10, 5:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	29 min
Mar 10, 5:49 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	26 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.