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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS

February 2, 20165 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 2, 2016, 6:27 PM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 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, 6:27 PM CST (00:27 UTC)
Expired: Feb 2, 2016, 10:30 PM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lincoln County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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, 9:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	4 Sw Bude, MS	FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG MEADVILLE GLOSTER RD
Feb 2, 10:20 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	4 Ene Bude, MS	WATER RESCUES TOOK PLACE AT A CAMPGROUND ALONG THE HOMOCHITTO RIVER
Feb 2, 10:20 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	4 Ene Bude, MS	WATER COVERED SEVERAL AREAS OF A CAMPGROUND ALONG THE HOMOCHITTO RIVER NEAR EDDICETON
Feb 2, 10:25 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Loyd Star, MS	MULTIPLE ROADS FLOODED IN LINCOLN COUNTY

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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.

124 
WGUS54 KJAN 030027
FFWJAN
MSC021-029-037-063-085-030430-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0008.160203T0027Z-160203T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CST
    
* AT 626 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
  HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THE LAST FEW HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...BUDE...PEYTON...LOYD STAR...UNION
  CHURCH...GALLMAN...PLEASANT HILL...MCBRIDE...NEW HOPE...BLUE
  HILL...VAUGHN...GARDEN CITY...BARLOW...MARTINSVILLE...MCCALL
  CREEK...DENTVILLE...GLANCY...LITTLE SPRINGS AND KIRBY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3135 9116 3141 9116 3205 9063 3205 9023
      3203 9025 3201 9023 3191 9025 3149 9059
      3135 9076 3135 9098 3134 9099 3135 9102
      3133 9106 3134 9107 3133 9107 3132 9112

$$

BYB

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, 6:20 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Scott	6 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.