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Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 13, 2016, 11:09 PM CDT for Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2016, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2016, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chicot County, AR, Washington County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
361
WGUS54 KJAN 140409
FFWJAN
ARC017-MSC151-141015-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0079.160314T0409Z-160314T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1109 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 515 AM CDT MONDAY
* AT 1108 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...LELAND...HOLLANDALE...LAKE VILLAGE...DERMOTT...
EUDORA...AVON...METCALFE...ESTILL...MCMILLAN CORNER...GLEN ALLAN...
WINTERVILLE...DARLOVE...WAYSIDE...CHICOT JUNCTION...MURPHY...
TRIBBETT AND ARCOLA.
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.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3352 9135 3353 9133 3352 9132 3352 9125
3356 9124 3353 9122 3353 9076 3327 9076
3327 9073 3323 9073 3320 9068 3314 9070
3310 9069 3310 9091 3301 9092 3301 9146
3356 9145 3356 9135
$$
DL1 follow-up statement
090
WGUS74 KJAN 140650
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
150 AM CDT MON MAR 14 2016
ARC017-MSC151-141015-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160314T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHICOT AR-WASHINGTON MS-
150 AM CDT MON MAR 14 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT MONDAY
FOR CHICOT AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 148 AM CDT...SEVERAL AREAS REMAIN FLOODED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL
THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST WEEK. THOUGH RAIN HAS SUBSIDED FOR
TONIGHT...MANY ROADS REMAIN FLOODED AT THIS TIME AND EXTRA CAUTION
SHOULD BE USED WHEN DRIVING THROUGH LOW LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...LELAND...HOLLANDALE...LAKE
VILLAGE...DERMOTT...EUDORA... AVON...METCALFE...ESTILL...MCMILLAN
CORNER...GLEN ALLAN... WINTERVILLE...DARLOVE...WAYSIDE...CHICOT
JUNCTION...MURPHY...TRIBBETT AND ARCOLA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3352 9135 3353 9133 3352 9132 3352 9125
3356 9124 3353 9122 3353 9076 3327 9076
3327 9073 3323 9073 3320 9068 3314 9070
3310 9069 3310 9091 3301 9092 3301 9146
3356 9145 3356 9135
$$
DLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 56 min |
| Mar 13, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 34 min |
| Mar 13, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 28 min |
| Mar 13, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sharkey | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 47 min |
| Mar 13, 11:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo | 47 min |
| Mar 14, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Carroll | 30 min |
| Mar 14, 11:38 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren | 36 hr |
| Mar 13, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 66 min |
| Mar 13, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 78 min |
| Mar 13, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 27 min |
| Mar 13, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 41 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.