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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Jackson, MS

June 8, 2021Grenada County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2021, 7:03 PM CDT for Grenada County, Mississippi. It was in force for 117 min. 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
Jun 8, 2021, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Grenada County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 7:16 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Wsw Tie Plant, MSFLOODWATERS ENTERED A HOUSE ALONG SHELBY CHAPEL ROAD.

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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2021-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 69 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2021-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
69 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-185 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

699 
WGUS54 KJAN 090003
FFWJAN
MSC043-090200-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0034.210609T0003Z-210609T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
703 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Grenada County in north central Mississippi...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 655 PM CDT, emergency management reported flooded roads in the 
  downtown Grenada area following heavy rain from earlier 
  thunderstorms. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen in the 
  area, and flash flooding is already occurring.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Emergency management.

  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...
  Grenada.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3382 8985 3382 8977 3371 8974 3371 8980
      3371 8983 3371 8987 3374 8986

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

NF
1 follow-up statement
815 
WGUS74 KJAN 090203
FFSJAN

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
903 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

MSC043-090213-
/O.EXP.KJAN.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210609T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Grenada MS-
903 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL GRENADA COUNTY...

Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3382 8985 3382 8977 3371 8974 3371 8980
      3371 8983 3371 8987 3374 8986

$$

NF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Oktibbeha62 min
Jun 8, 11:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower3 hr
Jun 9, 1:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada3 hr
Jun 9, 4:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchJANAttala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 14 more39 hr
Jun 9, 10:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANYazoo18 days
Jun 9, 10:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANClay4 days
Jun 9, 11:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower3 hr
Jun 9, 12:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada, Leflore3 hr
Jun 9, 2:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington3 hr
Jun 9, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey45 min
Jun 9, 2:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper24 min
Jun 9, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala, Holmes49 min
Jun 9, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee49 min
Jun 9, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANYazoo29 min
Jun 9, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Winston40 min
Jun 9, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo33 min
Jun 9, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake31 min
Jun 9, 3:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes32 min
Jun 9, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake27 min
Jun 9, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes, Humphreys27 min
Jun 9, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton, Scott20 min
Jun 9, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo49 min
Jun 9, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJasper50 min
Jun 9, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWarren34 min
Jun 9, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Warren41 min
Jun 9, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke46 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.