Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 3:31 PM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 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, 3:31 PM CST (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2016, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Copiah County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Simpson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.
977
WGUS54 KJAN 102131
FFWJAN
MSC029-065-077-127-110230-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0045.160310T2131Z-160311T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
331 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 830 PM CST
* AT 330 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAGEE...MENDENHALL...PINOLA...UNION...MONTICELLO...PRENTISS...
WANILLA...JAYESS...ARM...SHIVERS...ROCKPORT...HARRISVILLE...
TOPEKA...SOCIETY HILL...OAK VALE...CARSON...CLEM...PROGRESS...
SANATORIUM AND SONTAG.
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 3135 9011 3135 9024 3204 9025 3205 8966
3180 8967 3177 8975 3176 8976 3144 8976
3144 8982 3140 8984 3140 9004 3133 9006
$$
CMEThe 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, 1:03 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 | 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 |
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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.