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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 5:24 PM CST for Jasper County, Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 10 hr. 18 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, 5:24 PM CST (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2016, 3:30 AM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 6:40 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Wnw Laurel, MS | ALTON GAVIN RD FLOODED AND CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. |
| Mar 10, 6:40 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Nnw Laurel, MS | PART OF TRACE RD IS FLOODED BUT STILL PASSABLE. |
| Mar 10, 7:12 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nne Laurel, MS | SHARON ROAD FLOODED NORTH OF REEDY CREEK RD. |
| Mar 10, 7:12 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Laurel, MS | SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HAS ONE ENTRANCE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODWATERS. |
| Mar 10, 7:17 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Laurel, MS | CAR WITH PASSENGER STRANDED IN FRONT OF BABY SHOWCASE STORE. |
| Mar 10, 7:25 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Soso, MS | WATER IS ENTERING A ROAD ON JOHN HILL RD. |
| Mar 10, 7:25 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Laurel, MS | 5TH AVE AT THE JONES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IS FLOODED. |
| Mar 10, 7:25 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Laurel, MS | SOUTH 16TH AVE AT GENERAL PERSHING ST IS IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Mar 10, 7:39 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nw Moselle, MS | CROSBY ROAD IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Mar 10, 8:26 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nne Laurel, MS | REPORT OF CITIZENS ON SMOKEY ROAD BEING PULLED OUT OF HOME VIA BOAT BY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. |
| Mar 10, 9:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nw Heidelberg, MS | MS HIGHWAY 528 FLOODED AT TALLAHATTAH CREEK |
| Mar 10, 9:30 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ne Sandersville, MS | FLOODING ALONG US HWY 11 NEAR THE JONES COUNTY AND JASPER COUNTY BORDER |
| Mar 10, 10:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Laurel, MS | NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED ACROSS JONES COUNTY |
| Mar 10, 10:25 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nne Ellisville, MS | WATER ACROSS US HWY 11 IN THE PENDORFF COMMUNITY |
| Mar 10, 11:10 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ssw Laurel, MS | BRIDGE COLLAPSED ALONG IRIS DR. ONE WATER RESCUE FROM A VEHICLE AT THIS LOCATION. |
| Mar 10, 11:45 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Sse Ellisville, MS | THREE MILE STRETCH FLOODED...LOGS FLOATING ACROSS THE ROAD FROM RECENT LOGGING |
| Mar 11, 12:55 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 N Ellisville, MS | A DIRT DRIVEWAY INTO A TRAILER PARK ALONG BURNT BRIDGE ROAD IS WASHED OUT. THIS IS MAKING SEVERAL RESIDENCES CUT OFF FROM THE ROADWAY. |
| Mar 11, 3:30 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Heidelberg, MS | MULTIPLE ROADS FLOODED ACROSS JASPER COUNTY |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.
056
WGUS54 KJAN 102324
FFWJAN
MSC061-067-110330-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0048.160310T2324Z-160311T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
524 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 930 PM CST
* AT 523 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAUREL...ELLISVILLE...STRINGER...BAY SPRINGS...SANDERSVILLE...
HEIDELBERG...TUCKERS CROSSING...EASTABUCHIE...MILL CREEK...
TURNERVILLE...PAULDING...ROSE HILL...MOSS...STAFFORD SPRINGS...
MOSELLE...GARLANDVILLE...ORANGE...SOSO...LOUIN AND MONTROSE.
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 3179 8940 3180 8932 3222 8932 3222 8892
3183 8891 3182 8894 3171 8894 3143 8914
3143 8940
$$
173 follow-up statements
155
WGUS74 KJAN 110152
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
752 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
MSC061-067-110330-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160311T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JONES MS-JASPER MS-
752 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CST FOR
JONES AND JASPER COUNTIES...
AT 751 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. THERE HAVE BEEN
SOME REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING AROUND LAUREL.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAUREL...ELLISVILLE...STRINGER...BAY SPRINGS...SANDERSVILLE...
HEIDELBERG...TUCKERS CROSSING...EASTABUCHIE...MILL CREEK...
TURNERVILLE...PAULDING...ROSE HILL...MOSS...STAFFORD SPRINGS...
MOSELLE...GARLANDVILLE...ORANGE...SOSO...LOUIN AND MONTROSE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3179 8940 3180 8932 3222 8932 3222 8892
3183 8891 3182 8894 3171 8894 3143 8914
3143 8940
$$
17125
WGUS54 KJAN 110302
FFWJAN
MSC061-067-110930-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160311T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
902 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 330 AM CST FRIDAY
* AT 901 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAUREL...ELLISVILLE...STRINGER...BAY SPRINGS...SANDERSVILLE...
HEIDELBERG...TUCKERS CROSSING...EASTABUCHIE...MILL CREEK...
TURNERVILLE...PAULDING...ROSE HILL...MOSS...STAFFORD SPRINGS...
MOSELLE...GARLANDVILLE...ORANGE...SOSO...LOUIN AND MONTROSE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE 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 3179 8940 3180 8932 3222 8932 3222 8892
3183 8891 3182 8894 3171 8894 3143 8914
3143 8940
$$
17746
WGUS74 KJAN 110458
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1058 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
MSC061-067-110930-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160311T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JONES MS-JASPER MS-
1058 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CST FRIDAY
FOR JONES AND JASPER COUNTIES...
AT 1054 PM CST...JONES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS
FLOODED ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY. EARLIER IN THE EVENING...RESIDENTS
WERE EVACUATED FROM HOMES ALONG SMOKEY ROAD AND VEHICLES WERE
STRANDED BY RISING WATER IN THE CITY OF LAUREL. IN JASPER COUNTY...
HIGHWAY 528 IS FLOODED AT TALLAHATTAH CREEK. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAUREL...ELLISVILLE...STRINGER...BAY SPRINGS...SANDERSVILLE...
HEIDELBERG...TUCKERS CROSSING...EASTABUCHIE...MILL CREEK...
TURNERVILLE...PAULDING...ROSE HILL...MOSS...STAFFORD SPRINGS...
MOSELLE...GARLANDVILLE...ORANGE...SOSO...LOUIN AND MONTROSE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3179 8940 3180 8932 3222 8932 3222 8892
3183 8891 3182 8894 3171 8894 3143 8914
3143 8940
$$
DLThe 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 | 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, 5:26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.