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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Jackson, MS

February 2, 20164 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 2, 2016, 6:20 PM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr. 10 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: Feb 2, 2016, 6:20 PM CST (00:20 UTC)
Expired: Feb 3, 2016, 12:45 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, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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
Feb 2, 7:55 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	3 S Jackson, MS	LYNCH CREEK IN JACKSON ROSE TO 0.5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
Feb 2, 7:55 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	5 Wsw Flowood, MS	TOWN CREEK IN JACKSON ROSE TO 0.4 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
Feb 2, 8:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	6 Wnw Flowood, MS	FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT LIVINGSTON RD AND MAYES ST IN JACKSON
Feb 2, 8:10 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	4 Nw Flowood, MS	HANGING MOSS CREEK IN JACKSON ROSE TO 1.8 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
Feb 2, 8:33 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	1 Ese Brandon, MS	FLASH FLOODING REPORTED ON MEADOWLANE DRIVE IN BRANDON. WATER COVERING ROADS AND YARDS. REPORT AND PICTURES RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Feb 2, 9:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	1 Wsw Brandon, MS	A VEHICLE WAS STRANDED ALONG MARQUETTE RD BY FLASH FLOODING
Feb 2, 9:19 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	4 Sw Flowood, MS	REPORT OF FLASH FLOODING ON FLOWOOD DRIVE...JUST N OF LAKELAND DRIVE...WITH SOME PORTIONS OF THE ROAD BLOCKED OFF.
Feb 2, 9:20 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Brandon, MS	FLOODING IN SUNCHASE SUBDIVISION...WATER WITHIN ONE FOOT OF A HOME ON LINCOLN DRIVE
Feb 2, 9:55 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	5 Nnw Star, MS	REPORT OF FLOODING ONGOING ON WILLIAMS ROAD. WATER IN A HOME AT 612 WILLIAMS ROAD. 4-5 HOMES ARE BEING EVACUATED IN MONTEREY AREA. WATER IS KNEE DEEP IN SOME AREAS. MONTEREY VFD IS RESPONDING.
Feb 2, 10:10 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	1 Wsw Florence, MS	REPORT OF FLASH FLOODING ON LEWIS STREET NEAR STEENS CREEK IN FLORENCE.

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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 1 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: 364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

As transmitted.

737 
WGUS54 KJAN 030020
FFWJAN
MSC049-089-121-123-030415-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0007.160203T0020Z-160203T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
620 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CST
    
* AT 619 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO THREE INCHES
  OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. FLASH FLOODING
  IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  JACKSON...PEARL...MADISON...RIDGELAND...BRANDON...BYRAM...
  FLOWOOD...RICHLAND...FLORENCE...TERRY...GOSHEN SPRINGS...PISGAH...
  LUDLOW...WHITES...DRY GROVE...MONTEREY...FARMHAVEN...LEESBURG AND
  FANNIN.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3205 9056 3242 9021 3271 8973 3258 8973
      3258 8964 3213 9001 3205 9026

$$

BYB

2 follow-up statements

326 
WGUS54 KJAN 030335
FFWJAN
MSC049-089-121-123-030645-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160203T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
935 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CST
    
* AT 931 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND A
  FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM CONTINUING TO SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS
  THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN
  SINCE THIS AFTERNOON AND THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT WILL PERSIST
  FOR A FEW MORE HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  JACKSON...PEARL...MADISON...RIDGELAND...BRANDON...BYRAM...
  FLOWOOD...RICHLAND...FLORENCE...TERRY...GOSHEN SPRINGS...PISGAH...
  LUDLOW...WHITES...DRY GROVE...MONTEREY...FARMHAVEN...LEESBURG AND
  FANNIN.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH 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 3205 9056 3242 9021 3271 8973 3258 8973
      3258 8964 3213 9001 3205 9026

$$

BYB

034 
WGUS74 KJAN 030523
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1123 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

MSC049-089-121-123-030645-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160203T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RANKIN MS-SCOTT MS-MADISON MS-HINDS MS-
1123 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR RANKIN...NORTHWESTERN SCOTT...SOUTHEASTERN MADISON AND
SOUTHEASTERN HINDS COUNTIES...

AT 1121 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
RESULTING IN ROAD CLOSURES OVER SOUTHERN RANKIN COUNTY. OVER FIVE
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS SOME PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSON...PEARL...MADISON...RIDGELAND...BRANDON...BYRAM...FLOWOOD...
RICHLAND...FLORENCE...TERRY...GOSHEN SPRINGS...PISGAH...LUDLOW...
WHITES...DRY GROVE...MONTEREY...FARMHAVEN...LEESBURG AND FANNIN.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH 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 3205 9056 3242 9021 3271 8973 3258 8973
      3258 8964 3213 9001 3205 9026

$$

DL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 2, 6:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton, Scott	63 min
Feb 2, 6:27 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	4 hr
Feb 2, 6:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	45 min
Feb 2, 7:17 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Winston	4 hr
Feb 2, 7:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	58 min
Feb 2, 7:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	49 min
Feb 2, 8:07 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	3 hr
Feb 2, 8:17 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	6 days
Feb 2, 8:19 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	7 days
Feb 2, 8:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	31 min
Feb 2, 9:01 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha	3 hr
Feb 2, 9:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston	38 min
Feb 2, 9:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee	43 min
Feb 2, 9:59 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	5 days
Feb 2, 10:03 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	4 days
Feb 2, 10:03 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	59 hr
Feb 2, 10:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	45 min
Feb 2, 10:33 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	42 min
Feb 2, 10:41 PM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	67 hr
Feb 2, 10:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Noxubee	20 min
Feb 2, 11:17 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln and 1 more	18 hr
Feb 2, 11:27 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Winston	6 hr
Feb 2, 11:59 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Oktibbeha	6 hr
Feb 3, 12:45 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Scott, Smith	6 hr
Feb 3, 1:01 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest, Jones	29 min
Feb 3, 4:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin	23 hr
Feb 3, 4:45 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	8 days
Feb 3, 5:29 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba	6 hr
Feb 3, 6:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	7 days
Feb 3, 6:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	4 days
Feb 3, 6:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leake	5 days
Feb 3, 6:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin	5 days
Feb 3, 6:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	8 days
Feb 3, 6:42 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	12 hr
Feb 3, 7:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	12 days
Feb 3, 7:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	12 days
Feb 3, 7:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Simpson	3 days
Feb 3, 9:08 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Marion	12 days
Feb 3, 11:17 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	6 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.