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Flash Flood Warning 120, NWS New Orleans, LA

September 15, 2021Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2021, 8:11 AM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 5 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
Sep 15, 2021, 8:11 AM CDT (13:11 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2021, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

County Harrison County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Sep 15, 8:12 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Ene Gulfport, MSROADS FLOODED AROUND GULFPORT.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 73 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 84 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
84 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

073 
WGUS54 KLIX 151311
FFWLIX
MSC047-151615-
/O.NEW.KLIX.FF.W.0120.210915T1311Z-210915T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
811 AM CDT Wed Sep 15 2021

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Eastern Harrison County in southern Mississippi...

* Until 1115 AM CDT.

* At 811 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain 
  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1.25 to 2.5 inches in 1 
  hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in 
  the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Gulfport, Biloxi, St. Martin, D'iberville, Lyman, Latimer and 
  Gulfport Airport.

This includes the following Interstates...
	Interstate 110 in Mississippi near mile marker 1...and
	between mile markers 3 and 4.
	Interstate 10 in Mississippi between mile markers 34 and 47.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3063 8913 3065 8903 3060 8889 3043 8888
      3043 8892 3043 8893 3042 8895 3043 8899
      3042 8899 3042 8901 3041 8899 3041 8893
      3042 8890 3041 8891 3041 8888 3039 8888
      3039 8900 3037 8908 3036 8910

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1.25-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

CAB
1 follow-up statement
029 
WGUS54 KLIX 151608
FFWLIX
MSC047-151745-
/O.EXT.KLIX.FF.W.0120.000000T0000Z-210915T1745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1108 AM CDT Wed Sep 15 2021

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Eastern Harrison County in southern Mississippi...

* Until 1245 PM CDT.

* At 1108 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 6 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are 
  possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Gulfport, Biloxi, St. Martin, D'iberville, Lyman, Latimer and 
  Gulfport Airport.

This includes the following Interstates...
	Interstate 110 in Mississippi near mile marker 1...and
	between mile markers 3 and 4.
	Interstate 10 in Mississippi between mile markers 34 and 47.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3063 8913 3065 8903 3060 8889 3043 8888
      3043 8892 3043 8893 3042 8895 3043 8899
      3042 8899 3042 8901 3041 8899 3041 8893
      3042 8890 3041 8891 3041 8888 3039 8888
      3039 8900 3037 8908 3036 8910

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 6:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLIXHancock, Harrison, Pearl River45 min
Sep 15, 6:22 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River23 min
Sep 15, 7:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River3 hr
Sep 15, 7:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXHancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River3 hr
Sep 15, 8:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLIXJackson6 hr
Sep 15, 8:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXPike37 hr
Sep 15, 8:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXHancock28 hr
Sep 15, 8:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXHarrison43 hr
Sep 15, 9:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXPike, Walthall46 hr
Sep 15, 9:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River5 days
Sep 15, 9:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLIXHancock, Pearl River7 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2021Every flash flood warning in 2021

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.