Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2021, 11:53 AM CDT for Bolivar County, Sunflower 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
- Jun 8, 2021, 11:53 AM CDT (16:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2021, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Damage threat
- Catastrophic
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bolivar County, MS, Sunflower County, MS
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 12:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rosedale, MS | NEIGHBORHOOD FLOODED WITH OTHER SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING ACROSS TOWN. |
| Jun 8, 12:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Shelby, MS | APPROXIMATELY 200 HOMES HAD WATER IN THEM AND NUMEROUS WATER ROADWAYS WERE COVERED WITH WATER ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE CITIES OF SHELBY, ROSEDALE AND MOUND BAYOU. IN ADDITION, NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS WERE COVERED WITH WATER ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Jun 8, 12:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mound Bayou, MS | HOMES FLOODED AND EVACUATIONS UNDERWAY. |
| Jun 8, 1:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ssw Rome, MS | HIGHWAY 49 IS CLOSED BETWEEN ROME AND PARCHMAN DUE TO FLASH FLOODING...AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE STALLED IN FLOOD WATERS. |
| Jun 8, 1:46 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 11.96 | 2 Sw Shelby, MS | 11.96 MEASURED AT SHELBY, NEARLY ALL OF THIS WAS BETWEEN 5AM AND NOON. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
620
WGUS54 KJAN 081653
FFWJAN
MSC011-133-081945-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0031.210608T1653Z-210608T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1153 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR ROSEDALE TO SHELBY...
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Bolivar County in northwestern Mississippi...
Northern Sunflower County in northwestern Mississippi...
* Until 245 PM CDT.
* At 1148 AM CDT, emergency management reported flash flooding in
northern Sunflower and Bolivar counties from Rosedale to Shelby.
Numerous roads were flooded and some structures were taking on
water. Between 7 and 10 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding
will continue to occur.
This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Rosedale to Shelby. This is a
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Emergency management.
IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW! Life threatening flash flooding of
low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Cleveland, Ruleville, Shelby, Drew, Rosedale, Parchman, Scott,
Mound Bayou, Renova, Boyle, Benoit, Gunnison, Deeson, Rome,
Merigold, Duncan, Beulah, Pace, Alligator and Winstonville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to higher ground now! This is an extremely dangerous and
life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are
fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3358 9118 3358 9116 3358 9115 3361 9113
3370 9120 3365 9109 3367 9103 3375 9114
3378 9099 3384 9107 3393 9101 3397 9109
3396 9097 3403 9089 3409 9087 3411 9096
3411 9066 3399 9066 3399 9045 3361 9045
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
GRG1 follow-up statement
180
WGUS74 KJAN 081840
FFSJAN
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
140 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
MSC011-133-081945-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210608T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bolivar MS-Sunflower MS-
140 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR ROSEDALE TO SHELBY...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR BOLIVAR AND NORTHERN SUNFLOWER COUNTIES...
At 135 PM CDT, emergency management continued to report flash
flooding from Rosedale to Shelby. Between 7 and 10 inches of rain
have fallen. Flash flooding will continue.
This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Rosedale to Shelby. This is a
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Emergency management.
IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW! Life threatening flash flooding of low water
crossings, small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Cleveland, Ruleville, Shelby, Drew, Rosedale, Parchman, Scott,
Mound Bayou, Renova, Boyle, Benoit, Gunnison, Deeson, Rome,
Merigold, Duncan, Beulah, Pace, Alligator and Winstonville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to higher ground now! This is an extremely dangerous and
life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are
fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3358 9118 3358 9116 3358 9115 3361 9113
3370 9120 3365 9109 3367 9103 3375 9114
3378 9099 3384 9107 3393 9101 3397 9109
3396 9097 3403 9089 3409 9087 3411 9096
3411 9066 3399 9066 3399 9045 3361 9045
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
GRGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 7 days |
| Jun 8, 9:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 14 days |
| Jun 8, 9:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 10 days |
| Jun 8, 9:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 3:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 15 days |
| Jun 8, 3:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 18 days |
| Jun 8, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sunflower | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 4:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Yazoo | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Warren, Yazoo | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.