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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Jackson, MS

March 11, 2016Choctaw County, Oktibbeha County, Winston County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 2016, 12:52 AM CST for Choctaw County, Oktibbeha County, Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 12 hr. 1 report 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 11, 2016, 12:52 AM CST (06:52 UTC)
Expired: Mar 11, 2016, 12:45 PM CST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Choctaw County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Winston County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:55 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, 4:00 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Starkville, MS	SOME ROADS ARE FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 275 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

808 
WGUS54 KJAN 110652
FFWJAN
MSC019-105-159-111245-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0053.160311T0652Z-160311T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1252 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 645 AM CST

* AT 1251 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. WINSTON
  COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTED FLOODING ON HINZE CHURCH ROY LEECH
  ROAD.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  STARKVILLE...LOUISVILLE...ACKERMAN...MABEN...MULDROW...SESSUMS...
  LONGVIEW...BETHEDEN...SHERWOOD...REFORM...CRAIG SPRINGS...
  CHESTER...OKTOC...MILLCREEK...NOXAPATER...WEIR...STURGIS AND FRENCH
  CAMP.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA OVERNIGHT.

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 3329 8867 3329 8881 3293 8881 3293 8932
      3328 8932 3329 8945 3344 8945 3343 8941
      3345 8940 3352 8926 3353 8909 3356 8909
      3356 8867

$$

DL

2 follow-up statements

470 
WGUS74 KJAN 111209
FFSJAN

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

MSC019-105-159-111245-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160311T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OKTIBBEHA MS-CHOCTAW MS-WINSTON MS-
609 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CST FOR
OKTIBBEHA...CHOCTAW AND WINSTON COUNTIES...

AT 608 AM CST...OKTIBBEHA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED MULTIPLE
FLOODED ROADS IN THE COUNTY. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
STARKVILLE...LOUISVILLE...ACKERMAN...MABEN...MULDROW...SESSUMS...
LONGVIEW...BETHEDEN...SHERWOOD...REFORM...CRAIG SPRINGS...CHESTER...
OKTOC...MILLCREEK...NOXAPATER...WEIR...STURGIS AND FRENCH CAMP.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3329 8867 3329 8881 3293 8881 3293 8932
      3328 8932 3329 8945 3344 8945 3343 8941
      3345 8940 3352 8926 3353 8909 3356 8909
      3356 8867

$$

DL

171 
WGUS54 KJAN 111240
FFWJAN
MSC019-105-159-111845-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160311T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
640 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1245 PM CST FRIDAY

* AT 639 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODED ROADS
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
  FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  STARKVILLE...LOUISVILLE...ACKERMAN...MABEN...MULDROW...SESSUMS...
  LONGVIEW...BETHEDEN...SHERWOOD...REFORM...CRAIG SPRINGS...
  CHESTER...OKTOC...MILLCREEK...NOXAPATER...WEIR...STURGIS AND FRENCH
  CAMP.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 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 3329 8867 3329 8881 3293 8881 3293 8932
      3328 8932 3329 8945 3344 8945 3343 8941
      3345 8940 3352 8926 3353 8909 3356 8909
      3356 8867

$$

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, 6:43 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, 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, 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.