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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 2016, 10:40 AM CST for Covington County, Jefferson Davis County, Lawrence County, Mississippi. It was in force for 4 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, 10:40 AM CST (16:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2016, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 4 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 16:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 11:15 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ne Sumrall, MS | LOTT TOWN RD IS FLOODED BY SEVERAL FEET OF WATER. |
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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
238
WGUS54 KJAN 111640
FFWJAN
MSC031-065-077-112015-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0071.160311T1640Z-160311T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1040 AM CST FRI MAR 11 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 215 PM CST
* AT 1039 AM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING WITH MANY
ROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL HAS
DIMINISHED...BUT RUNOFF AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
* 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.
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 3176 9013
3180 8940 3143 8940 3144 8982 3139 8982
3140 9004 3134 9004 3133 9006
$$
CME1 follow-up statement
488
WGUS74 KJAN 111847
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1247 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2016
MSC031-065-077-112015-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160311T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COVINGTON MS-LAWRENCE MS-JEFFERSON DAVIS MS-
1247 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR
COVINGTON...LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES...
AT 1244 PM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OVER
THE COUNTIES. THREE TO NINE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLLINS...MONTICELLO...PRENTISS...MOUNT OLIVE...SANFORD...LONE
STAR...WANILLA...JAYESS...ARM...PROGRESS...SONTAG...MELBA...TOPEKA...
SOCIETY HILL...OAK VALE...CARSON...ROBINWOOD...CLEM...TILTON AND OMA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3135 9011 3135 9024 3172 9024 3176 9013
3180 8940 3143 8940 3144 8982 3139 8982
3140 9004 3134 9004 3133 9006
$$
17The 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, 8:32 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, 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.