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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 10:49 PM CST for Covington County, Jefferson Davis County, Lawrence County, Mississippi. It was in force for 12 hr. 9 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, 10:49 PM CST (04:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2016, 10:45 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Covington County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 11, 4:10 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Seminary, MS | SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED IN THE AREA |
| Mar 11, 6:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ssw Arm, MS | RIVER RD IS FLOODED AND CLOSED. |
| Mar 11, 6:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Sw New Hebron, MS | PART OF CROOKED CREEK RD IS FLOODED. |
| Mar 11, 6:57 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Seminary, MS | 11 PEOPLE WERE RESCUED FROM A CABIN ON THE OKATOMA RIVER IN SEMINARY. THERE WAS 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER IN THE CABIN. |
| Mar 11, 7:30 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Mount Olive, MS | A SMALL DAM IN A FIELD OVERTOPPED AND WATER IS OVER THE ROAD IN TWO SPOTS ON KEYS AND CLARK ROAD. ESTIMATED WATER DEPTH IS ANKLE DEEP. |
| Mar 11, 7:30 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Mount Olive, MS | WATER IS ACROSS THE ROAD ON BLACKWELL ROAD OFF HIGHWAY 37. WATER IS GETTING NEAR A MOBILE HOME. |
| Mar 11, 7:30 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Seminary, MS | LUX ROAD HAS WATER ACROSS IT AND THE ROAD IS CLOSED. THERE IS A REPORT OF A STRANDED PERSON AT A CABIN ON HUMMINGBIRD LANE. OKAHAY CREEK ROAD HAS ABOUT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF WATER ACROSS THE ROAD. |
| Mar 11, 8:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Collins, MS | NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED AROUND COLLINS. THESE INCLUDE MONROE ROAD CLOSE TO HIGHWAY 84 WHICH HAD ESTIMATED SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF WATER ON IT. ALSO LEAF RIVER CHURCH ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION WITH DONT ROAD WAS IMPASSABLE. BOB BOLER ROAD WAS IMPASSABLE. SEMINARY |
| Mar 11, 10:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Seminary, MS | 11 PERSONS WERE RESCUED ALONG THE SWOLLEN OKATOMA RIVER. ONE RESCUE BOAT OVERTURNED RESULTING IN LARGE RESCUE ACTION. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 687 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 463 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 470 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 14.9
The text
As transmitted.
412
WGUS54 KJAN 110449
FFWJAN
MSC031-065-077-111045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0052.160311T0449Z-160311T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1049 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 445 AM CST
* AT 1047 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. EARLIER STORMS PRODUCED THREE
TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE AREA...AND SOME ROADS ARE STILL
FLOODED. NEW STORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL ESCALATE THE
FLOODING SITUATION OVERNIGHT.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLLINS...MONTICELLO...PRENTISS...MOUNT OLIVE...SANFORD...LONE
STAR...WANILLA...JAYESS...ARM...PROGRESS...SONTAG...MELBA...
TOPEKA...SOCIETY HILL...OAK VALE...CARSON...ROBINWOOD...CLEM...
TILTON AND OMA.
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 3135 9011 3135 9024 3172 9024 3175 9012
3180 8940 3143 8940 3144 8982 3139 8982
3140 9004 3134 9004 3133 9006
$$
DL2 follow-up statements
628
WGUS54 KJAN 111037
FFWJAN
MSC031-065-077-111645-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160311T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
437 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CST FRIDAY
* AT 436 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL FLOODED
ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLLINS...MONTICELLO...PRENTISS...MOUNT OLIVE...SANFORD...LONE
STAR...WANILLA...JAYESS...ARM...PROGRESS...SONTAG...MELBA...
TOPEKA...SOCIETY HILL...OAK VALE...CARSON...ROBINWOOD...CLEM...
TILTON AND OMA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE THE THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3135 9011 3135 9024 3172 9024 3175 9012
3180 8940 3143 8940 3144 8982 3139 8982
3140 9004 3134 9004 3133 9006
$$
DL729
WGUS74 KJAN 111340
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
740 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016
MSC031-065-077-111645-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160311T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COVINGTON MS-LAWRENCE MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
740 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CST FRIDAY
FOR COVINGTON...LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES...
AT 736 AM CST...COVINGTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED
NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADS IN THE SEMINARY AREA. SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE
RESCUED FROM A CABIN ALONG THE OKATOMA RIVER. LAWRENCE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A WASHOUT ON RIVER ROAD NEAR OAK VALE.
A CAR DROVE OFF THE ROAD AND THE DRIVER HAD TO BE RESCUED. FOUR TO
NINE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLLINS...MONTICELLO...PRENTISS...MOUNT OLIVE...SANFORD...LONE
STAR...WANILLA...JAYESS...ARM...PROGRESS...SONTAG...MELBA...TOPEKA...
SOCIETY HILL...OAK VALE...CARSON...ROBINWOOD...CLEM...TILTON AND OMA.
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 3135 9011 3135 9024 3172 9024 3175 9012
3180 8940 3143 8940 3144 8982 3139 8982
3140 9004 3134 9004 3133 9006
$$
DLThe 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, 6:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 9 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, 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 |
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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.