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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS

February 17, 2021Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Louisiana; Adams County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 17, 2021, 2:54 PM CST for Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Louisiana; Adams County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report 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
Feb 17, 2021, 2:54 PM CST (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Feb 17, 2021, 5:00 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, Adams County, MS

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 17, 3:06 PM CSTFLASH FLOODNatchez, MSREPORTED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA - FLASH FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMMING UP DRAINAGE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2021-02-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2021-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
92 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

317 
WGUS54 KJAN 172054
FFWJAN
LAC025-029-MSC001-172300-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0003.210217T2054Z-210217T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
254 PM CST Wed Feb 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Catahoula Parish in northeastern Louisiana...
  Concordia Parish in northeastern Louisiana...
  Adams County in southwestern Mississippi...

* Until 500 PM CST.

* At 253 PM CST, emergency management reported thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is 
  ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Emergency management. Adams County and Concordia
           Parish emergency Management reported flooded roads.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Natchez, Vidalia, Ferriday, Monterey, Larto, Jonesville, Clayton, 
  Frogmore, Deer Park, West Ferriday, Wildsville, Slocum, New Era, 
  Mayna, Spokane, Sibley, Wallace Ridge, Acme, Archie and Walters.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3186 9199 3165 9127 3163 9123 3162 9115
      3135 9116 3136 9121 3137 9122 3136 9126
      3137 9127 3131 9143 3132 9147 3129 9147
      3128 9150 3122 9176 3126 9185 3129 9189
      3129 9193 3132 9200

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

JNE

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.