Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 18, 2016, 4:35 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 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 18, 2016, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Jefferson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
973
WGUS54 KJAN 182135
FFWJAN
MSC063-190030-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0083.160318T2135Z-160319T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
435 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 434 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FAYETTE...RED LICK...UNION CHURCH...MCNAIR...MCBRIDE...STAMPLEY AND
BLUE HILL.
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 3161 9115 3163 9115 3163 9116 3180 9116
3184 9088 3183 9084 3180 9084 3179 9085
3178 9084 3178 9074 3161 9074
$$
DL1 follow-up statement
320
WGUS74 KJAN 182324
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
624 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
MSC063-182334-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0083.000000T0000Z-160319T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON MS-
624 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3161 9115 3163 9115 3163 9116 3180 9116
3184 9088 3183 9084 3180 9084 3179 9085
3178 9084 3178 9074 3161 9074
$$
DLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 8:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 27 min |
| Mar 18, 1:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Warren | 44 min |
| Mar 18, 1:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 26 min |
| Mar 18, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 24 min |
| Mar 18, 4:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 4:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 38 min |
| Mar 18, 9:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 32 min |
| Mar 18, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 9:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 18, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 21 min |
| Mar 18, 10:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 24 min |
| Mar 18, 10:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake | 24 min |
| Mar 18, 11:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 12:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 23 min |
| Mar 18, 12:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala | 36 min |
| Mar 18, 1:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sharkey | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 48 min |
| Mar 18, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Yazoo | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Yazoo | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 44 min |
| Mar 18, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 27 min |
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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.