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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 1:43 PM CST for Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana; Claiborne County, Issaquena County, Warren County, Mississippi. It was in force for 6 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, 1:43 PM CST (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2016, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Madison Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Claiborne County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Warren County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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, 2:45 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ne Vicksburg, MS | US 61 SOUTHBOUND AT OAK RIDGE RD HAS RIGHT LANE BLOCKED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Mar 10, 3:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ssw Redwood, MS | PART OF THOMPSON LAKE RD IS WASHED OUT AND 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.
805
WGUS54 KJAN 101943
FFWJAN
LAC065-107-MSC021-055-149-110145-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0043.160310T1943Z-160311T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
143 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
TENSAS PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 745 PM CST THURSDAY
* AT 141 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VICKSBURG...REDWOOD...NEWELLTON...ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...
YOUNGTON...NEWLIGHT...COOTER POINT...SOMERSET...FLOWERS...LE
TOURNEAU...YOKENA...AFTON...HELENA...BOVINA...LEE BAYOU...LAKE
BRUIN...OAK RIDGE...DELTA AND MOUND.
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 3200 9150 3228 9152 3232 9107 3257 9086
3262 9072 3253 9056 3215 9078 3208 9092
3208 9115 3201 9108 3186 9127 3181 9126
3186 9130 3185 9134 3177 9136 3176 9136
3176 9126 3175 9127 3176 9156 3188 9158
$$
171 follow-up statement
032
WGUS74 KJAN 102115
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
315 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
LAC065-107-MSC021-055-149-110145-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0043.000000T0000Z-160311T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON LA-TENSAS LA-WARREN MS-CLAIBORNE MS-ISSAQUENA MS-
315 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST
THURSDAY FOR SOUTHERN MADISON AND TENSAS PARISHES...WARREN...NORTHERN
CLAIBORNE AND SOUTHEASTERN ISSAQUENA COUNTIES...
AT 313 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING. VICKSBURG FIRE
DEPARTMENT NOTED THAT THOMPSON LAKE ROAD IN NORTHWEST VICKSBURG IS
UNDER WATER AND HAS WASH OUT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VICKSBURG...REDWOOD...NEWELLTON...ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...
YOUNGTON...NEWLIGHT...COOTER POINT...SOMERSET...FLOWERS...LE
TOURNEAU...YOKENA...AFTON...HELENA...BOVINA...LEE BAYOU...LAKE
BRUIN...OAK RIDGE...DELTA AND MOUND.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3200 9150 3228 9152 3232 9107 3257 9086
3262 9072 3253 9056 3215 9078 3208 9092
3208 9115 3201 9108 3186 9127 3181 9126
3186 9130 3185 9134 3177 9136 3176 9136
3176 9126 3175 9127 3176 9156 3188 9158
$$
17The 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, 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, 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 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, 9:50 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, 11:45 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, 1:45 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 |
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.