Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 2016, 7:05 PM CDT for Wilkinson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 11, 2016, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wilkinson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
893
WGUS54 KLIX 120005
FFWLIX
MSC157-120300-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FF.W.0039.160812T0005Z-160812T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
705 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 704 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WOODVILLE...DOLOROSA AND FORT ADAMS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 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...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3136 9121 3107 9121 3107 9157 3110 9161
3115 9161 3123 9157 3124 9154 3122 9152
3124 9148 3126 9148 3128 9150 3129 9147
3132 9146 3131 9142 3136 9130 3136 9128
3137 9126 3136 9126 3137 9123
$$
32The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 4:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 116 min |
| Aug 12, 4:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 118 min |
| Aug 12, 4:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pike | 33 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Pearl River | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pearl River | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 7:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Wilkinson | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 9:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 65 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 5 days |
| Aug 12, 10:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 10:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Wilkinson | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Wilkinson | 63 min |
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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.