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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Jackson, MS

March 10, 2016Franklin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 12:43 PM CST for Franklin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2016, 12:43 PM CST (18:43 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2016, 6:45 PM CST
In force
6 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), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.

940 
WGUS54 KJAN 101843
FFWJAN
LAC041-110045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0038.160310T1843Z-160311T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1243 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CST THURSDAY
    
* AT 1241 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS
  CONTINUING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES
  HAS FALLEN. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  WINNSBORO...WISNER...LIDDIEVILLE...BAKERS...JIGGER...CROWVILLE...
  GILBERT AND BASKIN.

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 3209 9187 3215 9190 3224 9177 3234 9176
      3240 9163 3241 9148 3236 9145 3234 9150
      3232 9147 3225 9156 3224 9151 3220 9154
      3220 9149 3210 9150 3191 9159 3197 9160
      3197 9165 3189 9171 3187 9178 3207 9193

$$

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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, 8:44 AM CSTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyJANMorehouse, Richland, West Carroll3 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, 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.