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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS

January 19, 2017Franklin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jan 19, 2017, 10:46 AM CST for Franklin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 6 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: Jan 19, 2017, 10:46 AM CST (16:46 UTC)
Expired: Jan 19, 2017, 4:30 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Franklin County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 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: 281 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

125 
WGUS54 KJAN 191646
FFWJAN
MSC037-192230-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0005.170119T1646Z-170119T2230Z/
/00000.2.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1046 AM CST THU JAN 19 2017

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  A Dam Break in...
  Eastern Franklin County in southwestern Mississippi...

* Until 430 PM CST

* At 1037 AM CST, Emergency Manager reported that the failure of
  Gayle Evan Lake Dam is highly possible in the next several hours.
  Highway 84 was flooded earlier this morning from heavy rainfall
  and some discharge from the Dam. There is significant damage to
  the Dam. Essentially, a beaver dam is holding back most of the
  water. If the dam fails, the potential for five to seven feet of
  water below the Dam could occur causing flooding on Highway 84
  with anywhere from four to five feet of water. Those driving along
  Highway 84 need to be aware in the McCall Creek area. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3152 9070 3150 9070 3149 9074 3151 9074

$$

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1 follow-up statement

294 
WGUS74 KJAN 191648
FFSJAN

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1048 AM CST THU JAN 19 2017

MSC037-191657-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170119T2230Z/
/00000.0.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Franklin MS-
1048 AM CST THU JAN 19 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3152 9070 3150 9070 3149 9074 3151 9074

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 19, 4:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lincoln	33 min
Jan 19, 5:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	46 min
Jan 19, 6:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah	31 min
Jan 19, 7:20 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah	3 hr
Jan 19, 7:23 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	3 hr
Jan 19, 7:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	62 min
Jan 19, 8:32 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence	28 min
Jan 19, 8:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Scott, Smith	37 min
Jan 19, 9:01 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	3 hr
Jan 19, 11:08 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	3 hr
Jan 19, 12:34 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin	3 hr
Jan 19, 4:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison, Rankin	31 min
Jan 19, 4:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	27 min
Jan 19, 4:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.