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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Jackson, MS

March 10, 2016Morehouse Parish, Richland Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 8:44 AM CST for Morehouse Parish, Richland Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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, 8:44 AM CST (14:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2016, 11:45 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Emergency
Flash flood emergency
Flood severity
None

Counties Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:44 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 10, 10:10 AM CSTFLASH FLOODRayville, LARICHLAND APARTMENTS ARE FLOODING. REPORT VIA BROADCAST MEDIA.
Mar 10, 10:23 AM CSTFLASH FLOOD9 Sw Start, LAFIELDS TOTALLY FLOODED ON LA HIGHWAY 15 NER RICHLAND PARISH DETENTION CENTER. ALSO NEIGHBORHOODS FLOODED IN THE WESTERN PART OF RICHLAND PARISH.

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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2016-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2016-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 420 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
420 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
585 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

325 
WGUS54 KJAN 101444
FFWJAN
LAC067-083-123-101745-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0028.160310T1444Z-160310T1745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  RICHLAND PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 1145 AM CST

* AT 839 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
  ALONG WITH WATER RESCUES ACROSS MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED
  AREA. EVENT RAIN TOTALS ARE RANGING FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES SO FAR.
  SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BASTROP...RAYVILLE...MANGHAM...START...DELHI...OAK GROVE...JONES...
  ARCHIBALD...GALION...ALTO...DARNELL...WARDEN...BUCKNER...BEEKMAN...
  HOLLY RIDGE...GOODWILL...EPPS...MER ROUGE...KILBOURNE AND FOREST.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH NOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3301 9207 3301 9127 3300 9126 3275 9134
      3269 9140 3261 9139 3250 9148 3241 9148
      3240 9164 3233 9176 3225 9177 3218 9184
      3217 9198 3227 9199 3228 9203 3252 9190
      3266 9191 3271 9197 3269 9205 3271 9206

$$

CME
1 follow-up statement
011 
WGUS74 KJAN 101634
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1034 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016

LAC067-083-123-101745-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160310T1745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WEST CARROLL LA-RICHLAND LA-MOREHOUSE LA-
1034 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ACROSS
RICHLAND...MOREHOUSE AND WEST CARROL PARISHES...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CST FOR
WEST CARROLL...RICHLAND AND MOREHOUSE PARISHES...

AT 1029 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT
SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING ACROSS MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN
RICHLAND...MOREHOUSE AND WEST CARROL PARISHES . EXTREME RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 12 TO 16 HAS FALLEN. SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS
OCCURRING!

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ACROSS
RICHLAND...MOREHOUSE AND WEST CARROL PARISHES. SEEK HIGHER GROUND
NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BASTROP...RAYVILLE...MANGHAM...START...DELHI...OAK GROVE...JONES...
ARCHIBALD...GALION...ALTO...DARNELL...WARDEN...BUCKNER...BEEKMAN...
HOLLY RIDGE...GOODWILL...EPPS...MER ROUGE...KILBOURNE AND FOREST.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH NOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3301 9207 3301 9127 3300 9126 3275 9134
      3269 9140 3261 9139 3250 9148 3241 9148
      3240 9164 3233 9176 3225 9177 3218 9184
      3217 9198 3227 9199 3228 9203 3252 9190
      3266 9191 3271 9197 3269 9205 3271 9206

$$

CME

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 6:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse36 min
Mar 9, 6:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANMorehouse6 hr
Mar 9, 9:17 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse, West Carroll28 min
Mar 9, 9:32 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANRichland, West Carroll3 hr
Mar 9, 9:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANWest Carroll29 min
Mar 10, 12:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANMorehouse, Richland, West Carroll9 hr
Mar 10, 12:19 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll3 hr
Mar 10, 12:30 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANRichland28 days
Mar 10, 12:30 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANFranklin66 days
Mar 10, 3:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison5 hr
Mar 10, 7:46 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison3 hr
Mar 10, 8:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANFranklin4 hr
Mar 10, 9:27 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison, Tensas, West Carroll48 min
Mar 10, 9:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Tensas39 min
Mar 10, 9:38 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison4 hr
Mar 10, 11:38 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANMadison, Tensas4 days
Mar 10, 11:38 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANConcordia22 days
Mar 10, 11:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANMorehouse, Richland, West Carroll21 hr
Mar 10, 12:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANFranklin6 hr
Mar 10, 1:03 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison6 hr
Mar 10, 1:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia6 hr
Mar 10, 1:16 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANMadison32 hr
Mar 10, 1:16 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia, Tensas47 hr
Mar 10, 1:16 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANFranklin4 days
Mar 10, 1:30 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia29 days
Mar 10, 1:32 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANAvoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia19 days
Mar 10, 1:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANMadison, Tensas6 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.