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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 8:54 AM CST for Franklin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 4 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, 8:54 AM CST (14:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2016, 1:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Franklin Parish, LA
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:56 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 9:26 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Jigger, LA | SEVERAL PARISH ROADS FLOODED. |
| Mar 10, 9:26 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Jigger, LA | SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORIONS OF THE 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
836
WGUS54 KJAN 101454
FFWJAN
LAC041-101900-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0029.160310T1454Z-160310T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
854 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 100 PM CST
* AT 852 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PARISH. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WINNSBORO...WISNER...LIDDIEVILLE...BAKERS...JIGGER...CROWVILLE...
GILBERT AND BASKIN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 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 3209 9187 3215 9190 3224 9177 3233 9176
3241 9162 3241 9149 3236 9145 3235 9150
3233 9148 3225 9156 3224 9151 3220 9154
3220 9149 3199 9150 3194 9160 3197 9165
3189 9171 3187 9178 3197 9189 3207 9193
$$
CMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Morehouse | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 6:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Morehouse, West Carroll | 28 min |
| Mar 9, 9:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Richland, West Carroll | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | West Carroll | 29 min |
| Mar 10, 12:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 9 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:19 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:30 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Richland | 28 days |
| Mar 10, 12:30 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin | 66 days |
| Mar 10, 3:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 5 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:46 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison, Tensas, West Carroll | 48 min |
| Mar 10, 9:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Tensas | 39 min |
| Mar 10, 9:38 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Tensas | 4 days |
| Mar 10, 11:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Concordia | 22 days |
| Mar 10, 11:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 21 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | East Carroll, Madison | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Madison | 32 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Tensas | 47 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin | 4 days |
| Mar 10, 1:30 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 29 days |
| Mar 10, 1:32 PM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia | 19 days |
| Mar 10, 1:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Tensas | 6 hr |
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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.