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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 1:03 PM CST for Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Warren County, Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Madison Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 6 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, 1:03 PM CST (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Issaquena County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Warren County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Lake Providence, LA | SEVERAL HOMES WITH WATER UP TO THE DOORSTEPS. HWY 582 AND HWY 3181 UNDER WATER. |
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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
136
WGUS54 KJAN 101903
FFWJAN
LAC035-065-MSC055-125-149-110100-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0039.160310T1903Z-160311T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
103 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY
* AT 1259 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TALLULAH...LAKE PROVIDENCE...ROLLING FORK...TRANSYLVANIA...VALLEY
PARK...DELHI...ANGUILLA...NITTA YUMA...SHELBURN...PANTHER BURN...
ONWARD...MONTICELLO...FITLER...TENDAL...GASSOWAY...EAGLE BEND...
ALSATIA...WAVERLY...MANSFORD AND OMEGA.
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 3236 9149 3236 9145 3240 9149 3250 9148
3254 9146 3254 9144 3259 9144 3261 9139
3267 9140 3275 9134 3281 9134 3299 9126
3301 9112 3301 9092 3309 9090 3308 9071
3249 9090 3232 9107 3230 9149 3232 9147
$$
171 follow-up statement
414
WGUS74 KJAN 102052
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
252 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
LAC035-065-MSC055-125-149-110100-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160311T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON LA-EAST CARROLL LA-WARREN MS-SHARKEY MS-ISSAQUENA MS-
252 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR
MADISON AND EAST CARROLL PARISHES...NORTHWESTERN WARREN...SHARKEY AND
ISSAQUENA COUNTIES...
AT 251 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. FLOODING WAS
OCCURRING IN HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS IN EAST CARROLL PARISH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TALLULAH...LAKE PROVIDENCE...ROLLING FORK...TRANSYLVANIA...VALLEY
PARK...DELHI...ANGUILLA...NITTA YUMA...SHELBURN...PANTHER BURN...
ONWARD...MONTICELLO...FITLER...TENDAL...GASSOWAY...EAGLE BEND...
ALSATIA...WAVERLY...MANSFORD AND OMEGA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3236 9149 3236 9145 3240 9149 3250 9148
3254 9146 3254 9144 3259 9144 3261 9139
3267 9140 3275 9134 3281 9134 3299 9126
3301 9112 3301 9092 3309 9090 3308 9071
3249 9090 3232 9107 3230 9149 3232 9147
$$
17The 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, 12:11 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 7 hr |
| 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, 1:18 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 | 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 |
| 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, 8:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison, Tensas, West Carroll | 48 min |
| 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, 1:15 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 |
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.