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Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT for Leake County, Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 4 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 31, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Leake County, MS, Scott County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 481 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 501 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 572 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.2
The text
As transmitted.
318
WGUS54 KJAN 312330
FFWJAN
MSC079-123-010330-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0098.160331T2330Z-160401T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
630 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 630 PM 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...
CARTHAGE...MORTON...HARPERVILLE...EDINBURG...STEELE...BRANCH...
FORKVILLE...LUDLOW...MADDEN...HILLSBORO...TUSCOLA...WALNUT GROVE...
SEBASTOPOL...LENA...STANDING PINE AND REDWATER.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 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 3235 8973 3258 8977 3261 8977 3264 8973
3281 8973 3284 8932 3240 8932
$$
GRG1 follow-up statement
284
WGUS74 KJAN 010248
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
948 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
MSC079-123-010258-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0098.000000T0000Z-160401T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEAKE MS-SCOTT MS-
948 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LEAKE AND CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3235 8973 3258 8977 3261 8977 3264 8973
3281 8973 3284 8932 3240 8932
$$The 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, 12:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 6 hr |
| 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, 6:31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.