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Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 13, 2016, 11:45 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Mississippi. 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, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2016, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bolivar County, MS, Sunflower County, MS
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
006
WGUS54 KJAN 140445
FFWJAN
MSC011-133-141045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0080.160314T0445Z-160314T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1145 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 545 AM CDT MONDAY
* AT 1144 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...
CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...MOORHEAD...SHELBY...SHAW...
DREW...PARCHMAN...SCOTT...MOUND BAYOU...SUNFLOWER...INVERNESS...
RENOVA...BOYLE...BENOIT...GUNNISON...BLAINE...ROME...JERSEY POINT
AND DEESON.
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 3412 9066 3399 9066 3399 9045 3333 9045
3333 9056 3327 9056 3327 9076 3353 9076
3355 9123 3360 9113 3370 9122 3368 9103
3378 9114 3378 9099 3397 9109 3396 9097
3409 9087 3411 9094 3412 9095
$$
DL1 follow-up statement
244
WGUS74 KJAN 140652
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
152 AM CDT MON MAR 14 2016
MSC011-133-141045-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0080.000000T0000Z-160314T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOLIVAR MS-SUNFLOWER MS-
152 AM CDT MON MAR 14 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT MONDAY
FOR BOLIVAR AND SUNFLOWER COUNTIES...
AT 151 AM CDT...SEVERAL AREAS REMAIN FLOODED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL
THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST WEEK. THOUGH ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN REMAINS OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING...MANY ROADS REMAIN FLOODED
AT THIS TIME AND EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN DRIVING THROUGH
LOW LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...MOORHEAD...SHELBY...SHAW...
DREW...PARCHMAN...SCOTT...MOUND BAYOU...SUNFLOWER...INVERNESS...
RENOVA...BOYLE...BENOIT...GUNNISON...BLAINE...ROME...JERSEY POINT
AND DEESON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3412 9066 3399 9066 3399 9045 3333 9045
3333 9056 3327 9056 3327 9076 3353 9076
3355 9123 3360 9113 3370 9122 3368 9103
3378 9114 3378 9099 3397 9109 3396 9097
3409 9087 3411 9094 3412 9095
$$
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, 11:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 6 hr |
| 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 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 |
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.