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Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Jackson, MS

March 11, 2016Hinds County, Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 2016, 5:15 AM CST for Hinds County, Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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 11, 2016, 5:15 AM CST (11:15 UTC)
Expired: Mar 11, 2016, 11:15 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:18 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 11, 5:30 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Canton, MS	MULTIPLE ROADS FLOODED IN MADISON COUNTY
Mar 11, 9:45 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Jackson, MS	WESTHAVEN BLVD WAS FLOODED AND THE ROADBED WAS BEING WASHED AWAY. 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

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 248 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.

959 
WGUS54 KJAN 111115
FFWJAN
MSC049-089-163-111715-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0057.160311T1115Z-160311T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1115 AM CST FRIDAY

* AT 513 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE
  THURSDAY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  JACKSON...CLINTON...MADISON...RIDGELAND...CANTON...BYRAM...YAZOO
  CITY...BENTON...RAYMOND...FLORA...TERRY...EDWARDS...UTICA...
  BOLTON...VAUGHAN...MYRLEVILLE...PHOENIX...HOLLY BLUFF...POCAHONTAS
  AND WAY.

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 3288 8997 3288 8973 3264 8973 3244 9007
      3218 9024 3205 9023 3205 9072 3234 9071
      3234 9063 3253 9055 3262 9072 3262 9070
      3273 9074 3281 9069 3284 9076 3292 9066
      3292 9045 3301 9045 3302 9035

$$

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, 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, 5:27 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

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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.