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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS

March 25, 2021Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 25, 2021, 8:20 PM CDT for Lauderdale 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
Mar 25, 2021, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2021, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Unknown

County Lauderdale County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 633 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2021-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
633 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1312 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

581 
WGUS54 KJAN 260120
FFWJAN
MSC075-260430-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0009.210326T0120Z-210326T0430Z/
/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
820 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  A Dam Break below Bonita #2 Lake Dam in...
  Southern Lauderdale County in east central Mississippi...

* Until 1130 PM CDT.

* At 817 PM CDT, Emergency mananagment has reported a breach of a 
  dam associated with Bonita Lake causing flash flooding.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding from the failure of a dam associated
           with Bonita Lake.

  SOURCE...Emergency Manager

  IMPACT...Water is crossing Highway 19 near Bonita Lake.

*  

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Sowashee Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3235 8866 3236 8868 3235 8868 3236 8869
      3238 8868 3236 8867 3238 8867 3240 8866
      3238 8866 3236 8866

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
DAM FAILURE...OCCURRING

$$

EC
1 follow-up statement
502 
WGUS74 KJAN 260139
FFSJAN

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
839 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

MSC075-260430-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210326T0430Z/
/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lauderdale MS-
839 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A SMALL DAM ABOVE BONITA LAKE REMAINS IN 
EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHERN LAUDERDALE 
COUNTY...

At 832 PM CDT, Emergency mananagment has reported a breach of a dam 
above lower Bonita Lake causing flash flooding. Bonita Lakes dams 
did not fail.

HAZARD...Flash flooding from the failure of a pond above Bonita
         Lakes.

SOURCE...Emergency Manager

IMPACT...Water flowed into Lower Bonita Lake and was crossing
         Highway 19. Reports are coming in that water has receded
         over Highway 19, but there could still be areas of high
         water below lower Bonita Lake.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3235 8866 3236 8868 3235 8868 3236 8869
      3238 8868 3236 8867 3238 8867 3240 8866
      3238 8866 3236 8866

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
DAM FAILURE...OCCURRING

$$

EC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 5:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANNoxubee31 hr
Mar 26, 9:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANJones5 days
Mar 26, 9:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANMarion3 days
Mar 26, 3:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANCovington, Jones46 hr

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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.