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Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Jackson, MS

March 11, 20164 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 2016, 8:32 AM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 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, 8:32 AM CST (14:32 UTC)
Expired: Mar 11, 2016, 2:30 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bolivar County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:35 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, 10:37 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Shaw, MS	ROADS STILL FLOODED IN SHAW. REPORT 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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: 47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -284 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

184 
WGUS54 KJAN 111432
FFWJAN
MSC011-053-133-151-112030-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0066.160311T1432Z-160311T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 230 PM CST FRIDAY

* AT 829 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CONTINUED MODERATE TO
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AT LEAST TEN INCHES OF RAIN
  HAVE FALLEN SINCE TUESDAY NIGHT. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS
  MORE RAIN MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  GREENVILLE...CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...LELAND...RULEVILLE...
  HOLLANDALE...MOORHEAD...BELZONI...SHELBY...SHAW...DREW...
  ROSEDALE...PARCHMAN...AVON...SCOTT...MOUND BAYOU...SUNFLOWER...
  METCALFE...INVERNESS AND ISOLA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE DAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3412 9066 3399 9045 3324 9037 3331 9034
      3330 9033 3292 9045 3295 9066 3310 9066
      3301 9117 3345 9106 3345 9107 3339 9112
      3338 9115 3368 9123 3368 9103 3397 9109
      3409 9087 3411 9094 3412 9095

$$

JC

1 follow-up statement

529 
WGUS74 KJAN 111803
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1203 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2016

MSC011-053-133-151-112030-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160311T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WASHINGTON MS-BOLIVAR MS-SUNFLOWER MS-HUMPHREYS MS-
1203 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CST FOR
WASHINGTON...BOLIVAR...SUNFLOWER AND HUMPHREYS COUNTIES...

AT 1200 PM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 10
INCHES HAVE FALLEN. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE
FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...LELAND...RULEVILLE...
HOLLANDALE...MOORHEAD...BELZONI...SHELBY...SHAW...DREW...ROSEDALE...
PARCHMAN...AVON...SCOTT...MOUND BAYOU...SUNFLOWER...METCALFE...
INVERNESS AND ISOLA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 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 3412 9066 3399 9045 3324 9037 3331 9034
      3330 9033 3292 9045 3295 9066 3310 9066
      3301 9117 3345 9106 3345 9107 3339 9112
      3338 9115 3368 9123 3368 9103 3397 9109
      3409 9087 3411 9094 3412 9095

$$

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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, 5:15 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, 8:38 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.