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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Jackson, MS

March 10, 2016Hinds County, Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 12:11 PM CST for Hinds County, Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 7 hr. 18 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, 12:11 PM CST (18:11 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 2016, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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, 12:22 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	2 Nw Raymond, MS	WATER COVERING PARTS OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE IN HINDS COUNTY. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Mar 10, 12:45 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	2 Ne Jackson, MS	ALMOST 2 FEET OF WATER COVERING WILHURST ROAD IN NORTHEAST JACKSON.
Mar 10, 2:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Flowood, MS	FLOWOOD DRIVE BETWEEN AIRPORT ROAD AND LIBERTY DRIVE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Mar 10, 2:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Utica, MS	A FEW RDS FLOODED.
Mar 10, 2:10 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Pearl, MS	PARKING LOT OF ROSES DEPT STORE CLOSED OFF DUE TO COMPLETE INUNDATION OF WATER.
Mar 10, 2:30 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Terry, MS	A FEW RDS FLOODED.
Mar 10, 2:55 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Ridgeland, MS	ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING INCLUDE OLD AGENCY RD AT PATTERSON CROSSING, HIGHLAND COLONY PARKWAY BETWEEN COLE RD AND MARKET RIDGE DR, AND RIDGEWOOD RD AT WILSON DR.
Mar 10, 2:55 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Ridgeland, MS	TERRYS CABINS ON CONESTOGA ROAD ARE BEING EVACUATED DUE TO FLOODING.
Mar 10, 3:03 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	5 Ne Flowood, MS	SEVERAL ROADS IN PINEBROOK SUBDIVISION COMPLETELY UNDER AT LEAST ONE FOOT OF WATER.
Mar 10, 3:08 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Jackson, MS	CASA GRANDE CIRCLE UNDER 3-4 FT OF WATER. OFFICIALS BOATING IN TO EVACUATE PEOPLE.
Mar 10, 3:30 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	2 W Piney Woods, MS	PART OF MYERS ROAD HAD 1 TO 2 FT OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS IT.
Mar 10, 4:20 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	1 Ese Monterey, MS	THOMASVILLE ROAD AT MONTEREY RD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Mar 10, 4:20 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	3 Sse Richland, MS	OLD HWY 49 CLOSED NEAR RUSSEL COVE DUE TO FLOODING.
Mar 10, 4:20 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	6 Ssw Pearl, MS	TAZAN ROAD CLOSED BETWEEN FLORENCE AND RICHLAND DUE TO FLOODING.
Mar 10, 4:30 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	3 Nnw Terry, MS	WATER RUSHING OVER OLD JACKSON RD NEAR TERRY.
Mar 10, 5:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	2 W Byram, MS	ROBINSON ESTATES SUBDIVISION INEAR GARY ROAD S CLOSED OFF DUE TO FLOODING. 4 FEET OF WATER IS OVER THE STREET AND MOVING INTO HOMES. REPORT FROM THE BYRAM PUBLIC WORKS.
Mar 10, 5:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	2 W Byram, MS	ROBINSON ESTATES SUBDIVISION NEAR GARY ROAD IS CLOSED OFF DUE TO FLOODING. 4 FEET OF WATER IS OVER THE STREET AND MOVING INTO HOMES. REPORT FROM THE BYRAM PUBLIC WORKS.
Mar 10, 6:25 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	4 Nne Madison, MS	WEISENBERGER RD FROM HWY 51 TO PARKWAY EAST CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 31 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: 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.

304 
WGUS54 KJAN 101811
FFWJAN
MSC049-089-121-102215-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0035.160310T1811Z-160310T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1211 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 415 PM CST
    
* AT 1210 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  JACKSON...CLINTON...PEARL...MADISON...RIDGELAND...BRANDON...
  CANTON...BYRAM...FLOWOOD...RICHLAND...STAR...FLORENCE...RAYMOND...
  FLORA...TERRY...UTICA...BOLTON...PINEY WOODS...POCAHONTAS AND
  WHITES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE 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 3205 9069 3252 9051 3262 9035 3261 9034
      3263 9032 3266 9025 3267 9020 3269 9014
      3270 9013 3270 9010 3273 9007 3274 9005
      3277 9003 3282 8993 3205 8996

$$

GRG

3 follow-up statements

046 
WGUS74 KJAN 101924
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
124 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

MSC049-089-121-102215-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160310T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RANKIN MS-MADISON MS-HINDS MS-
124 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR
WESTERN RANKIN...MADISON AND HINDS COUNTIES...

AT 121 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SOME FLASH
FLOODING IN THE JACKSON METRO AREA.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSON...CLINTON...PEARL...MADISON...RIDGELAND...BRANDON...CANTON...
BYRAM...FLOWOOD...RICHLAND...STAR...FLORENCE...RAYMOND...FLORA...
TERRY...UTICA...BOLTON...PINEY WOODS...POCAHONTAS AND WHITES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 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 3205 9069 3252 9051 3262 9035 3261 9034
      3263 9032 3266 9025 3267 9020 3269 9014
      3270 9013 3270 9010 3273 9007 3274 9005
      3277 9003 3282 8993 3205 8996

$$

17

704 
WGUS74 KJAN 102126
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
326 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

MSC049-089-121-102215-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160310T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RANKIN MS-MADISON MS-HINDS MS-
326 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR
WESTERN RANKIN...MADISON AND HINDS COUNTIES...

AT 323 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. UP TO THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. IN SOUTHERN MADISON THERE IS
SOME FLOODING ON OLD AGENCY ROAD AND ON HIGHLAND COLONY PARKWAY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSON...CLINTON...PEARL...MADISON...RIDGELAND...BRANDON...CANTON...
BYRAM...FLOWOOD...RICHLAND...STAR...FLORENCE...RAYMOND...FLORA...
TERRY...UTICA...BOLTON...PINEY WOODS...POCAHONTAS AND WHITES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR 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 3205 9069 3252 9051 3262 9035 3261 9034
      3263 9032 3266 9025 3267 9020 3269 9014
      3270 9013 3270 9010 3273 9007 3274 9005
      3277 9003 3282 8993 3205 8996

$$

17

808 
WGUS54 KJAN 102159
FFWJAN
MSC049-089-121-110115-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160311T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 356 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. REPORTS HAVE COME IN
  FOR SOME FLASH FLOODING IN PORTIONS OF THE JACKSON METRO AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  JACKSON...CLINTON...PEARL...MADISON...RIDGELAND...BRANDON...
  CANTON...BYRAM...FLOWOOD...RICHLAND...STAR...FLORENCE...RAYMOND...
  FLORA...TERRY...UTICA...BOLTON...PINEY WOODS...POCAHONTAS AND
  WHITES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 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 3205 9069 3252 9051 3262 9035 3261 9034
      3263 9032 3266 9025 3267 9020 3269 9014
      3270 9013 3270 9010 3273 9007 3274 9005
      3277 9003 3282 8993 3205 8996

$$

17

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, 1:30 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Issaquena, Sunflower, Washington	6 hr
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, 12:32 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

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.