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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Jackson, MS

July 14, 1993Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1993, 1:03 PM CDT for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1993, 1:03 PM CDT (18:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1993, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Rankin County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 14 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 12:00Z on 1993-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1213 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 12:00Z on 1993-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
1213 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 141805
FFWJAN
MSC121-142000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD  OR   FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
103 PM CDT WED JUL 14 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD  OR   FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...RANKIN COUNTY
 
AT 102 PM CDT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAS CAUSED MASSIVE SREET FLOODING
AROUND BRANDON. RESIDENTS IN LOW LYING ARESAS NEED TO HEAD FOR HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO CROSS BRIDGES OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD.  NEVER
TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
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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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 10:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1015 AM CDT WED JUL 14 1993

1000 AM CDT...JONES COUNTY C.D. REPORTS...5 INCHES OF RAIN AT C.D.
              OFFICE SINCE 7 AM CDT. WATER TO TOP OF CARS...
              HOMES BEING EVACUTED IN LAUREL MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Jul 14, 10:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1015 AM CDT WED JUL 14 1993

1000 AM CDT...JONES COUNTY C.D. REPORTS...5 INCHES OF RAIN AT C.D.
              OFFICE SINCE 7 AM CDT. WATER TO TOP OF CARS...
              HOMES BEING EVACUTED IN LAUREL MISSISSIPPI.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMarion118 min
Jul 13, 7:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLauderdale116 min
Jul 14, 8:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANJones4 hr
Jul 14, 9:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANSmith3 hr
Jul 14, 11:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANJones3 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.