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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS

February 2, 2016Leake County, Neshoba County, Winston County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 2, 2016, 7:17 PM CST for Leake County, Neshoba County, Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 4 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: Feb 2, 2016, 7:17 PM CST (01:17 UTC)
Expired: Feb 2, 2016, 11:15 PM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Leake County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Winston County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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, 8:42 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	1 Wnw Philadelphia, MS	FLASH FLOODING IS BEING REPORTED ON MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE AND HOPSON AVENUE. WATER IS SURROUNDING MOBILE HOMES AND SOME CARS ARE PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AT THIS LOCATION. SOME WATER RESCUES HAVE OCCURRED. REPORT AND PICTURES RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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.

815 
WGUS54 KJAN 030117
FFWJAN
MSC079-099-159-030515-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0009.160203T0117Z-160203T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CST
    
* AT 716 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A WIDESPREAD TWO TO THREE
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS.
  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PHILADELPHIA...CARTHAGE...NANIH WAIYA...EDINBURG...PEARL RIVER...
  NESHOBA...STALLO...DOWDVILLE...FORESTDALE...DIXON...SINGLETON...
  THOMASTOWN...MADDEN...RENFROE...BURNSIDE...BETHSAIDA...TUSCOLA...
  WALNUT GROVE...LENA AND REDWATER.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3293 8891 3276 8892 3258 8914 3258 8973
      3293 8973 3293 8914 3318 8881 3293 8881

$$

BYB

1 follow-up statement

547 
WGUS74 KJAN 030256
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
856 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

MSC079-099-159-030515-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160203T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NESHOBA MS-LEAKE MS-WINSTON MS-
856 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CST FOR
NESHOBA...LEAKE AND SOUTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTIES...

AT 854 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 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...
PHILADELPHIA...CARTHAGE...NANIH WAIYA...EDINBURG...PEARL RIVER...
NESHOBA...STALLO...DOWDVILLE...FORESTDALE...DIXON...SINGLETON...
THOMASTOWN...MADDEN...RENFROE...BURNSIDE...BETHSAIDA...TUSCOLA...
WALNUT GROVE...LENA AND REDWATER.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE 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 3293 8891 3276 8892 3258 8914 3258 8973
      3293 8973 3293 8914 3318 8881 3293 8881

$$

DB

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, 6:27 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	4 hr
Feb 2, 6:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	45 min
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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.