Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 28, 2016, 8:17 AM CDT for Hancock County, Harrison County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 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
- Apr 28, 2016, 8:17 AM CDT (13:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2016, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Pearl River County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 8:30 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.23 | 1 W Mcneil, MS | |
| Apr 28, 8:30 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 9.48 | Lyman, MS | |
| Apr 28, 8:35 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.19 | Diamondhead, MS | |
| Apr 28, 8:54 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Wsw Gulfport, MS | AVENUE OF THE OAKS AND BEAR CREEK DRIVE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI GULF PARK CAMPUS ARE FLOODED. |
| Apr 28, 10:06 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Lyman, MS | PART OF LAMBRECHT ROAD WASHED AWAY NEAR ROBINSON ROAD IN GULFPORT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 2595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted.
287
WGUS54 KLIX 281317
FFWLIX
MSC045-047-109-281615-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FF.W.0021.160428T1317Z-160428T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
817 AM CDT THU APR 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
WESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
* AT 814 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING
IMPACT SOUTHERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY...HANCOCK COUNTY AND HARRISON
COUNTY. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN SOME
AREAS FROM THESE STORMS AND FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN
PARTS OF HARRISON COUNTY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GULFPORT...LONG BEACH...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...
DIAMONDHEAD...LYMAN...KILN...MCNEIL...SHORELINE PARK AND SAUCIER.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3036 8907 3028 8928 3028 8932 3024 8939
3020 8941 3019 8944 3048 8954 3045 8968
3064 8982 3076 8934 3065 8934 3065 8924
3068 8924 3068 8915
$$
95/DM1 follow-up statement
954
WGUS74 KLIX 281441
FFSLIX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
941 AM CDT THU APR 28 2016
MSC045-047-109-281449-
/O.CAN.KLIX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160428T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PEARL RIVER MS-HARRISON MS-HANCOCK MS-
941 AM CDT THU APR 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PEARL RIVER...WESTERN
HARRISON AND HANCOCK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THIS WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY IN
SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...AND A FLASH FLOOD
WARNNIG FOR ALL OF HANCOCK COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3036 8907 3028 8928 3028 8932 3024 8939
3020 8941 3019 8944 3048 8954 3045 8968
3064 8982 3076 8934 3065 8934 3065 8924
3068 8924 3068 8915
$$
24/RRThe office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pearl River | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 4:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 4:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 5:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 5:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 5:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 6:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 6:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 8:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 68 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 57 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 114 min |
| Apr 28, 9:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LIX | 6 hr | |
| Apr 28, 9:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 28 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 57 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 14 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.