Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2016, 12:18 AM CDT for Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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
- Mar 31, 2016, 12:18 AM CDT (05:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 6:15 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, Washington County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Greenville, MS | MANY STREETS IN TOWN ARE FLOODED. |
| Mar 31, 5:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sunflower, MS | ROADS FLOODED IN SUNFLOWER |
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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
013
WGUS54 KJAN 310518
FFWJAN
MSC011-133-151-310915-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0086.160331T0518Z-160331T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1218 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 415 AM CDT
* AT 1217 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 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...CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...LELAND...RULEVILLE...
MOORHEAD...SHAW...DREW...AVON...SCOTT...SUNFLOWER...METCALFE...
RENOVA...BOYLE...BENOIT...WINTERVILLE...WAYSIDE...BLAINE...TRIBBETT
AND LAMONT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 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 3382 9045 3349 9045 3305 9112 3328 9104
3328 9105 3324 9110 3335 9114 3345 9106
3345 9107 3339 9112 3338 9115 3338 9117
3347 9112 3344 9121 3356 9123 3362 9113
3369 9122 3368 9103 3378 9114
$$
CME3 follow-up statements
754
WGUS74 KJAN 310757
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
257 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
MSC011-133-151-310915-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0086.000000T0000Z-160331T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WASHINGTON MS-BOLIVAR MS-SUNFLOWER MS-
257 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR
WASHINGTON...SOUTHERN BOLIVAR AND SUNFLOWER COUNTIES...
AT 255 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
GREENVILLE WITH MULTIPLE STREETS FLOODED. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN SOME
LOCATIONS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...LELAND...RULEVILLE...MOORHEAD...
SHAW...DREW...AVON...SCOTT...SUNFLOWER...METCALFE...RENOVA...BOYLE...
BENOIT...WINTERVILLE...WAYSIDE...BLAINE...TRIBBETT AND LAMONT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3382 9045 3349 9045 3305 9112 3328 9104
3328 9105 3324 9110 3335 9114 3345 9106
3345 9107 3339 9112 3338 9115 3338 9117
3347 9112 3344 9121 3356 9123 3362 9113
3369 9122 3368 9103 3378 9114
$$
CME829
WGUS54 KJAN 310838
FFWJAN
MSC011-133-151-311115-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FF.W.0086.000000T0000Z-160331T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
338 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 615 AM CDT
* AT 336 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE
TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN SINCE EARLIER IN THE
EVENING. AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING SHOULD ALREADY BE OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...LELAND...RULEVILLE...
MOORHEAD...SHAW...DREW...AVON...SCOTT...SUNFLOWER...METCALFE...
RENOVA...BOYLE...BENOIT...WINTERVILLE...WAYSIDE...BLAINE...TRIBBETT
AND LAMONT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.
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 3382 9045 3349 9045 3305 9112 3328 9104
3328 9105 3324 9110 3335 9114 3345 9106
3345 9107 3339 9112 3338 9115 3338 9117
3347 9112 3344 9121 3356 9123 3362 9113
3369 9122 3368 9103 3378 9114
$$
BYB322
WGUS74 KJAN 311049
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
549 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
MSC011-133-151-311115-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0086.000000T0000Z-160331T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WASHINGTON MS-BOLIVAR MS-SUNFLOWER MS-
549 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR
WASHINGTON...SOUTHERN BOLIVAR AND SUNFLOWER COUNTIES...
AT 548 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
WASHINGTON AND SUNFLOWER COUNTIES. SUNFLOWER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
REPORTED HOMES FLOODED IN MOORHEAD. UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...LELAND...RULEVILLE...MOORHEAD...
SHAW...DREW...AVON...SCOTT...SUNFLOWER...METCALFE...RENOVA...BOYLE...
BENOIT...WINTERVILLE...WAYSIDE...BLAINE...TRIBBETT AND LAMONT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3382 9045 3349 9045 3305 9112 3328 9104
3328 9105 3324 9110 3335 9114 3345 9106
3345 9107 3339 9112 3338 9115 3338 9117
3347 9112 3344 9121 3356 9123 3362 9113
3369 9122 3368 9103 3378 9114
$$
DLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 8:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 5 days |
| Mar 30, 8:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 24 hr |
| Mar 30, 8:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 4 days |
| Mar 30, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 58 min |
| Mar 30, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 12:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada, Leflore | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 1:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Yazoo | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala, Copiah, Madison, Rankin | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 3:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Neshoba, Newton, Scott and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 4:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 5:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke, Jones | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 5:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 13 min |
| Mar 31, 6:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Montgomery, Webster | 112 min |
| Mar 31, 6:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 6:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leflore | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 7:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 7:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 113 min |
| Mar 31, 7:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 8:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 9:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Leflore | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lawrence | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 3:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 4 days |
| Mar 31, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 52 min |
| Mar 31, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 67 min |
| Mar 31, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott, Smith | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 70 min |
| Mar 31, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw, Oktibbeha | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 5:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 69 min |
| Mar 31, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Rankin, Scott | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Scott | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 5:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Yazoo | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 56 min |
| Mar 31, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 56 min |
| Mar 31, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 52 min |
| Mar 31, 6:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 6:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 4 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.