Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 0215 NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 211 PM EDT Fri May 03 2024 Areas affected...Central Mississippi and far West-central Alabama... Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding possible Valid 031810Z - 032330Z SUMMARY...Converging outflow boundaries to support enhanced short-term ascent while aligning favorably to deep layer steering flow to allow for pockets of 2-3.5" totals in 1-3 hrs resulting in possible localized incidents of flash flooding. DISCUSSION...A pre-frontal pressure trough extending along/ahead of trailing mid-level trough out of the Great Lakes into the approaching shortwave across northwest Arkansas has active thunderstorms along the leading edge of last-evening MCS across OK/AR. To the south, a similar outflow is pressing north-northeast along the edge of the MCS/MCV across southeast LA. Between the two, fairly clear skies through morning has resulted in increasingly unstable environment across central MS into W/NW AL with an expanding area of 1000-1500 MLCAPE mainly along the northern boundary where modest low to mid-level moisture has advected into the area. The forward propagation of each boundary combined weakening capping has is starting to destabilize the area of concern while also supporting a recent uptick in convective vigor with overshooting tops starting to cool below -65C. Deep layer moisture is generally coincident and starting to increase above 1.5" with spots of 1.75" further west as the mid-levels have moistened. As such, strong convergence will support solid moisture flux into the updrafts for 1.5-1.75"/hr rates. Forward propagation is likely to limit broader scale areas of high rainfall totals. However, as the two outflow boundaries converge across central MS, further updraft strength as well as potential cell mergers may result in localized sub-hourly 2" totals. Given the orientation of the merging lines is laid out favorably to deeper layer cell motions, there is a hint of prolonged duration from repeating or expansion of the moderate post-shield rainfall for localized spots of 2-3.5" totals in 1-3 hours. These short-term rates and 3hr totals are near the FFG values in the area (given recent average rainfall and soil saturation values about 50-60% and near normal/slightly above normal). So flash flooding is considered possible through evening and is more likely to be limited to low-end, spotty in nature coverage and more probable if overlapping urban and/or high-prone flashy creeks and streams. Gallina ATTN...WFO...BMX...JAN...MEG...MOB... ATTN...RFC...LMRFC...SERFC...NWC... LAT...LON 34008802 33708739 32708763 32058831 31608915 31519018 31819105 32659104 33449020 33858903Download in GIS format: Shapefile | KML
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