Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016

Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Jackson, MS

March 10, 2016Clarke County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 6:43 PM CST for Clarke County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 9 hr. 4 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, 6:43 PM CST (00:43 UTC)
Expired: Mar 11, 2016, 3:45 AM CST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Clarke County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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, 7:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Meridian, MS	MULTIPLE ROADWAYS INSIDE CITY LIMITS IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING.
Mar 10, 8:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Quitman, MS	WATER IN THREE HOMES AND THREE INCHES OF WATER IN THE EOC. SEVERAL ROADS WASHED OUT WITH OTHER ROADS IMPASSABLE BETWEEN QUITMAN AND ENTERPRISE.
Mar 10, 9:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Quitman, MS	MULTIPLE ROADS FLOODED IN THE CITY OF QUITMAN. ALSO FLOODING ON CR 320 AND CR 120
Mar 10, 10:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Quitman, MS	NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED ACROSS CLARKE COUNTY. REPORTS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 207 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

447 
WGUS54 KJAN 110043
FFWJAN
MSC023-075-110345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0050.160311T0043Z-160311T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 945 PM CST
    
* AT 641 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LAUDERDALE...MERIDIAN...QUITMAN...MERIDIAN STATION...MARION...
  STONEWALL...CRANDALL...ALAMUCHA...SAVOY...INCREASE...GOODWATER...
  MIDDLETON...ZERO...BARNETT...KEWANEE...DE SOTO...NELLIEBURG...
  SABLE...TOOMSUBA AND SYKES.

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 3203 8846 3186 8860 3183 8891 3222 8891
      3258 8865 3258 8839

$$

17

4 follow-up statements

139 
WGUS74 KJAN 110150
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
750 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

MSC023-075-110345-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-160311T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAUDERDALE MS-CLARKE MS-
750 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR
LAUDERDALE AND CLARKE COUNTIES...

AT 749 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.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAUDERDALE...MERIDIAN...QUITMAN...MERIDIAN STATION...MARION...
STONEWALL...CRANDALL...ALAMUCHA...SAVOY...INCREASE...GOODWATER...
MIDDLETON...ZERO...BARNETT...KEWANEE...DE SOTO...NELLIEBURG...
SABLE...TOOMSUBA AND SYKES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. MULTIPLE ROADWAYS IN MERIDIAN WERE IMPASSABLE DUE TO
FLOODING.

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 3203 8846 3186 8860 3183 8891 3222 8891
      3258 8865 3258 8839

$$

17

240 
WGUS54 KJAN 110312
FFWJAN
MSC023-075-110945-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-160311T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 345 AM CST FRIDAY
    
* AT 910 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
  TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED
  TO CONTINUE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LAUDERDALE...MERIDIAN...QUITMAN...MERIDIAN STATION...MARION...
  STONEWALL...CRANDALL...ALAMUCHA...SAVOY...INCREASE...GOODWATER...
  MIDDLETON...ZERO...BARNETT...KEWANEE...DE SOTO...NELLIEBURG...
  SABLE...TOOMSUBA AND SYKES.

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 3203 8846 3186 8860 3183 8891 3222 8891
      3258 8865 3258 8839

$$

17

031 
WGUS74 KJAN 110539
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1139 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

MSC023-075-110945-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-160311T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAUDERDALE MS-CLARKE MS-
1139 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CST FRIDAY
FOR LAUDERDALE AND CLARKE COUNTIES...

AT 1138 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SEVERAL FLOODED
ROADS ACROSS CLARKE COUNTY. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAUDERDALE...MERIDIAN...QUITMAN...MERIDIAN STATION...MARION...
STONEWALL...CRANDALL...ALAMUCHA...SAVOY...INCREASE...GOODWATER...
MIDDLETON...ZERO...BARNETT...KEWANEE...DE SOTO...NELLIEBURG...
SABLE...TOOMSUBA AND SYKES.

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 3203 8846 3186 8860 3183 8891 3222 8891
      3258 8865 3258 8839

$$

DL

627 
WGUS74 KJAN 110704
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
104 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016

MSC023-075-110945-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-160311T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAUDERDALE MS-CLARKE MS-
104 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CST FRIDAY
FOR LAUDERDALE AND CLARKE COUNTIES...

AT 102 AM CST...CLARKE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL
FLOODED ROADS ACROSS CLARKE COUNTY. EARLIER THIS EVENING...FLOOD
WATERS WERE ENTERING THREE HOMES AND THE COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
CENTER. UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAUDERDALE...MERIDIAN...QUITMAN...MERIDIAN STATION...MARION...
STONEWALL...CRANDALL...ALAMUCHA...SAVOY...INCREASE...GOODWATER...
MIDDLETON...ZERO...BARNETT...KEWANEE...DE SOTO...NELLIEBURG...
SABLE...TOOMSUBA AND SYKES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE 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 3203 8846 3186 8860 3183 8891 3222 8891
      3258 8865 3258 8839

$$

DL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 10, 6:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	24 min
Mar 10, 6:33 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren	6 hr
Mar 10, 6:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest	24 min
Mar 10, 7:04 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Madison, Newton, Rankin and 1 more	12 hr
Mar 10, 7:34 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	10 hr
Mar 10, 8:00 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	12 hr
Mar 10, 8:05 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Smith	12 hr
Mar 10, 8:51 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	9 days
Mar 10, 9:05 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	6 days
Mar 10, 9:05 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	4 days
Mar 10, 9:05 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	7 days
Mar 10, 9:05 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	11 days
Mar 10, 9:15 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Simpson	3 days
Mar 10, 10:49 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	12 hr
Mar 10, 11:08 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington	9 hr
Mar 11, 12:28 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	9 hr
Mar 11, 12:52 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston	12 hr
Mar 11, 1:57 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	3 days
Mar 11, 1:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest	3 days
Mar 11, 2:02 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Jones	5 days
Mar 11, 2:06 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	4 days
Mar 11, 2:10 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest	3 days
Mar 11, 2:11 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	7 days
Mar 11, 3:28 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	6 hr
Mar 11, 3:41 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	6 hr
Mar 11, 5:15 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Yazoo	6 hr
Mar 11, 5:27 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	4 hr
Mar 11, 6:45 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren	6 hr
Mar 11, 7:04 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	6 hr
Mar 11, 7:06 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	6 hr
Mar 11, 7:10 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Leake, Rankin, Scott	6 hr
Mar 11, 7:28 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest	4 days
Mar 11, 7:29 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	6 days
Mar 11, 8:17 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	6 hr
Mar 11, 8:18 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton	6 hr
Mar 11, 8:32 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington	6 hr
Mar 11, 8:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Sharkey	27 days
Mar 11, 8:40 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Leflore, Montgomery	6 hr
Mar 11, 8:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	7 days
Mar 11, 8:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	9 days
Mar 11, 8:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	5 days
Mar 11, 8:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	4 days
Mar 11, 8:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin	6 days
Mar 11, 9:28 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	9 hr
Mar 11, 9:29 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	6 hr
Mar 11, 9:33 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	3 days
Mar 11, 9:35 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	9 hr
Mar 11, 10:40 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	4 hr
Mar 11, 11:16 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Issaquena, Leake, Madison and 7 more	21 hr
Mar 11, 11:24 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	36 hr
Mar 11, 11:24 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	JAN	Issaquena, Washington	36 hr
Mar 11, 12:34 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston	9 hr
Mar 11, 2:14 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton	6 hr
Mar 11, 2:27 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington	9 hr
Mar 11, 2:34 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Leflore, Montgomery	9 hr
Mar 11, 2:47 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	9 hr
Mar 11, 3:02 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2016 Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.