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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Mar 13, 2016, 3:08 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Washington County, Mississippi; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2016, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, 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 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
031 WGUS64 KJAN 132008 FFAJAN URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 308 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-034-140415- /O.NEW.KJAN.FF.A.0002.160313T2008Z-160314T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...CLEVELAND... INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENVILLE 308 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...ASHLEY AND CHICOT. IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...BOLIVAR...SUNFLOWER AND WASHINGTON. * UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY * THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FLOODING REMAINS OVER PORTIONS OF THE DELTA REGION DUE THE RECENT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. MOST RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA ARE IN FLOOD AS WELL. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS. * ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. IF ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADWAYS... REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. WATER COULD ENTER STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 44 min |
| Mar 12, 8:53 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Washington | 9 hr |
| Mar 12, 9:25 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 9 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:05 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 36 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 36 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Mississippi, 2016Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2016Every flash flood watch in 2016
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.