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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Jackson, MS

March 23, 20255 counties in Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 23, 2025, 10:15 PM CDT for 5 counties in Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2025, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2025, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2025-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1339 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2025-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1339 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
12.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 23, 8:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 8:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Jackson MS
833 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025

...New MESOSCALE UPDATE...

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...
Issued at 826 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025

A line of severe thunderstorms associated with a cold front has
entered the area, and is set to slowly slide through the area
tonight. This line has already produced quarter size hail and
winds around 50mph and some tornadic signatures. The line is set
to make its way into the I-20 corridor around midnight and
continue to progress southward, exiting the CWA by sunrise. This
line is expected to maintain its severe elements throughout the
night so it is advised to monitor all avenues of weather
information until the front passes by your particular
location of interest./OAJ/

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 255 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025

Through Tonight:

No changes are needed with this update to the current forecast for
this afternoon into overnight. The Slight Risk for severe
thunderstorms remains in place, with possible damaging wind, large
hail, and even isolated tornadoes with severe storms that develop.
Latest observations and satellite imagery show the continued
convective evolution of cumulus deck across the area as temperatures
have warmed into the upper 70s and lower 80s. A few initial showers
have already developed. The mixed layer atop this moist boundary
layer will support stronger updrafts as this afternoon and evening
progress. Convergence in vicinity of the approaching cold front and
with some more subtle boundaries of convergence will be the areas of
focus for showers and storms into the overnight. 700-500mb lapse
rates of 7.5-8.0 C/km are in place atop the corridor of 1500-2500
J/kg MLCAPE extending from South Texas into Northwest Mississippi,
and vertical totals of 28-30 align with large hail potential.
Upscale growth from afternoon/evening thunderstorms will result in
better damaging wind gust and isolated tornado potential along cold
pool boundaries, especially if any bowing segment can become more
favorably aligned with low-level wind shear.

POPs will largely drop off by Monday morning, however the lingering
front may keep some chance for showers in the Pine Belt of Southeast
MS through late morning.

Monday through Sunday:

We are starting to enter the time of year where these fronts don't
quite clear the region and better upper-level forcing pulls
northward. The upper-level pattern through the remainder of the week
will feature western ridging and eastern troughing with northwest
flow between. Meanwhile at the surface, moist unstable air will
remain around the western Gulf, ready to be pulled northward again
with any passing wave. Models hint at potential disturbances with
the frontal zone lingering around the Gulf Coast region through
midweek, and this can sometimes allow upstream MCS thunderstorm
activity to propagate southeast into our area. Otherwise, it will be
in the Friday-Saturday time frame when the upper-level pattern
breaks down some and allows a stronger weave to move across the
central CONUS and bring better chances for thunderstorms. Severe
storms cannot be ruled out at the end of this week, though
confidence in coverage and timing was too low to include in the most
recent Days 4-7 severe weather outlook. /NF/

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 645 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025

VFR conditions prevail across much of the area, though an MVFR
stratus deck encompasses portions of south MS and south LA.
Numerous severe storms are ongoing across portions of central and
north MS, southeast AR, and northeast LA ahead of an approaching
cold front. These will continue into the night, with hail up to
2" and severe wind gusts of 50-60 kt possible in the storms. A
tornado or two cannot be ruled out. Storms will end overnight into
early Monday morning and winds will shift to N/NW as the front
pushes southeastward across the area. Conditions are expected to
return to VFR during the morning in most areas Monday. /DL/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Jackson       58  75  52  81 / 100  10   0   0
Meridian      58  75  50  81 /  90  20   0   0
Vicksburg     57  75  52  82 /  90   0   0   0
Hattiesburg   61  79  54  84 /  80  60   0   0
Natchez       59  77  55  81 /  90  10   0   0
Greenville    51  71  51  80 /  90   0   0   0
Greenwood     53  73  51  80 /  90   0   0   0

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...None.
LA...None.
AR...None.
&&

NF/DL/DL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 23, 8:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
826 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0644 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 S Itta Bena           33.47N 90.32W
03/23/2025                   Leflore            MS   Emergency Mngr

            3 power poles down.

&&

CE
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatJANAttala, Choctaw, Montgomery67 min
Mar 23, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery61 min
Mar 23, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey38 min
Mar 23, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatJANSunflower, Washington54 min
Mar 23, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington62 min
Mar 23, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower54 min
Mar 23, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower53 min
Mar 23, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery, Webster51 min
Mar 23, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower56 min
Mar 23, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery60 min
Mar 23, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington60 min
Mar 23, 8:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Leflore, Montgomery, Webster4 hr
Mar 23, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Montgomery, Webster54 min
Mar 23, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatJANHolmes, Humphreys, Yazoo65 min
Mar 23, 9:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANSunflower, Washington3 hr
Mar 23, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatJANCarroll, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster61 min
Mar 23, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Leflore47 min
Mar 23, 9:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClay59 min
Mar 23, 10:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala, Choctaw54 min
Mar 23, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSunflower33 min
Mar 23, 10:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeflore56 min
Mar 23, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington27 min
Mar 23, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala39 min
Mar 23, 11:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNoxubee, Winston54 min
Mar 23, 11:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds66 min
Mar 24, 12:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWinston62 min
Mar 24, 12:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWarren58 min
Mar 24, 12:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds, Rankin, Scott65 min
Mar 24, 12:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper62 min
Mar 24, 1:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClaiborne, Jefferson65 min
Mar 24, 1:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNewton, Smith62 min
Mar 24, 1:54 AM CDTTornado WarningJANScott9 min
Mar 24, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton, Scott, Smith42 min
Mar 24, 2:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke, Jasper, Lauderdale43 min
Mar 24, 3:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest, Jones, Lamar65 min
Mar 24, 9:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANAttala, Holmes19 days
Mar 23, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMorehouse54 min
Mar 23, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll41 min
Mar 23, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin, Madison59 min
Mar 24, 1:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin64 min
Mar 24, 1:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse62 min
Mar 24, 1:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAshley58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.