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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 12:14 PM CST for Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 24 hr. 1 report 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, 12:14 PM CST (18:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2016, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Chicot County, AR
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 11:30 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Dermott, AR | HWY 35 AT HWY 165 REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. OTHER SECONDARY ROADS IN THE COUNTY REMAIN FLOODED AS WELL. |
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 160 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.
919
WGUS54 KJAN 101814
FFWJAN
ARC017-110015-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0036.160310T1814Z-160311T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1214 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CST THURSDAY
* AT 1211 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. SIGNIFICANT FLASH
FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAKE VILLAGE...DERMOTT...EUDORA...MCMILLAN CORNER AND CHICOT
JUNCTION.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR 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 3352 9135 3352 9125 3355 9123 3344 9123
3344 9118 3350 9116 3345 9112 3340 9121
3340 9120 3339 9119 3339 9112 3345 9106
3335 9114 3313 9114 3313 9120 3303 9116
3301 9145 3356 9145 3356 9135
$$
173 follow-up statements
538
WGUS54 KJAN 102356
FFWJAN
ARC017-110615-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160311T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
556 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CST FRIDAY
* AT 553 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL HAS EXCEEDED TEN
INCHES. SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAKE VILLAGE...DERMOTT...EUDORA...MCMILLAN CORNER AND CHICOT
JUNCTION.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3352 9135 3352 9125 3355 9123 3344 9123
3344 9118 3350 9116 3345 9112 3340 9121
3340 9120 3339 9119 3339 9112 3345 9106
3335 9114 3313 9114 3313 9120 3303 9116
3301 9145 3356 9145 3356 9135
$$
17412
WGUS54 KJAN 110604
FFWJAN
ARC017-111215-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160311T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1204 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 615 AM CST FRIDAY
* AT 1202 AM CST...WIDESPREAD FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE COUNTY
AND SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN IMPASSABLE. BAYOU MACON IS STILL RISING
IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. OVER A FOOT OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
SINCE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING INCLUDE... LAKE
VILLAGE...DERMOTT...EUDORA...MCMILLAN CORNER AND CHICOT JUNCTION.
ADDITIONAL RAIN IS DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND
WILL MOVE IN OVERNIGHT. THIS RAIN MAY PROLONG OR FURTHER AGGRIVATE
THE ONGOING FLOOD PROBLEMS.
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 3352 9135 3352 9125 3355 9123 3344 9123
3344 9118 3350 9116 3345 9112 3340 9121
3340 9120 3339 9119 3339 9112 3345 9106
3335 9114 3313 9114 3313 9120 3303 9116
3301 9145 3356 9145 3356 9135
$$
DL583
WGUS54 KJAN 111207
FFWJAN
ARC017-111815-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160311T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
607 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CST FRIDAY
* AT 605 AM CST...WIDESPREAD FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE COUNTY
AND SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN IMPASSABLE. LEVELS REMAIN HIGH ALONG
BAYOU MACON AND OTHER SMALLER WATERWAYS AROUND THE COUNTY. OVER A
FOOT OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE TUESDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAIN HAS
DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA...WHICH WILL PROLONG OR FURTHER
AGGRIVATE THE FLOOD SITUATION.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAKE VILLAGE...DERMOTT...EUDORA...MCMILLAN CORNER AND CHICOT
JUNCTION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3352 9135 3352 9125 3355 9123 3344 9123
3344 9118 3350 9116 3345 9112 3340 9121
3340 9120 3339 9119 3339 9112 3345 9106
3335 9114 3313 9114 3313 9120 3303 9116
3301 9145 3356 9145 3356 9135
$$
DLThe 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 | Ashley | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 6:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 23 min |
| Mar 9, 7:31 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 1:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Chicot | 11 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Ashley | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Ashley | 24 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.