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Flash Flood Warning 84, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 18, 2016, 7:23 PM CDT for Adams County, Mississippi; Concordia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 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 18, 2016, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2016, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Concordia Parish, LA, Adams County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 7:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ssw Natchez, MS | FLOODING IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS WEST OF US 61 |
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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
304 WGUS54 KJAN 190023 FFWJAN LAC029-MSC001-190330- /O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0084.160319T0023Z-160319T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 723 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 722 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NATCHEZ...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...STANTON AND RIDGECREST. 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 3162 9123 3146 9123 3147 9165 3162 9162 $$ DL
2 follow-up statements
043 WGUS74 KJAN 190129 FFSJAN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 829 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016 LAC029-MSC001-190330- /O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0084.000000T0000Z-160319T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CONCORDIA LA-ADAMS MS- 829 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTIES... AT 828 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN NATCHEZ IN AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 61. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NATCHEZ...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...STANTON AND RIDGECREST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3162 9123 3146 9123 3147 9165 3162 9162 $$ DL
027 WGUS74 KJAN 190232 FFSJAN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 932 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016 LAC029-MSC001-190242- /O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0084.000000T0000Z-160319T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CONCORDIA LA-ADAMS MS- 932 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. LAT...LON 3162 9123 3146 9123 3147 9165 3162 9162 $$ DL
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.