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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Jackson, MS

April 5, 20255 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 5, 2025, 8:05 PM CDT for 5 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 5 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: Apr 5, 2025, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2025, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 10.1

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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 Apr 5, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 5:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
518 PM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

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

0447 PM     Tornado          2 NNE Schlater          33.66N 90.34W
04/05/2025                   Leflore            MS   Trained Spotter

            A trained storm spotter reported a large
            funnel cloud on the ground north of Schlater
            MS. Multiple trees and powerlines were blown
            down.

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 5:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 5, 6:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 7:16 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 7:56 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 8:04 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 7:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington	5 hr
Apr 5, 7:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore	6 hr
Apr 5, 8:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	61 hr
Apr 5, 8:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	6 days
Apr 5, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	64 min
Apr 5, 9:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	5 hr
Apr 5, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	55 min
Apr 5, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	74 min
Apr 5, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Montgomery	37 min
Apr 5, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson	76 min
Apr 5, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Yazoo	76 min
Apr 5, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Montgomery	56 min
Apr 5, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	53 min
Apr 5, 11:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson and 1 more	4 hr
Apr 5, 11:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	4 hr
Apr 6, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	64 min
Apr 6, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln	61 min
Apr 6, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee	66 min
Apr 6, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson	62 min
Apr 6, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Leake	47 min
Apr 6, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin, Scott	63 min
Apr 6, 1:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lowndes	22 min
Apr 6, 1:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Winston	66 min
Apr 6, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	65 min
Apr 6, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	47 min
Apr 6, 1:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Rankin, Scott	4 hr
Apr 6, 1:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln and 1 more	4 hr
Apr 6, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin, Scott	61 min
Apr 6, 2:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith	57 min
Apr 6, 2:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha and 1 more	4 hr
Apr 6, 2:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee, Winston	45 min
Apr 6, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	63 min
Apr 6, 2:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson	30 min
Apr 6, 2:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	61 min
Apr 6, 3:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	53 min
Apr 6, 3:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Rankin, Simpson, Smith	65 min
Apr 6, 3:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith	67 min
Apr 6, 4:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	39 min
Apr 6, 4:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	18 min
Apr 6, 4:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones, Newton, Scott, Smith	58 min
Apr 6, 4:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones, Smith	51 min
Apr 6, 4:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	25 min
Apr 6, 5:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	44 min
Apr 6, 5:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	3 days
Apr 6, 5:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Newton	63 min
Apr 6, 5:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion	67 min
Apr 6, 5:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	56 min
Apr 6, 5:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones	40 min
Apr 6, 6:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	33 min
Apr 6, 6:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest	47 min
Apr 6, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes	4 days
Apr 6, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	3 days
Apr 6, 12:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes	3 days
Apr 6, 12:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Leflore	9 hr

Nearby

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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.