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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Jackson, MS

May 15, 1995Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 1995, 9:32 PM CDT for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Ashley County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3660 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3660 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.8
Supercell composite
-5.6

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, May 15, 4:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
417 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995

THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR TUESDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT)    LOCATION               REPORT

315 PM        NEAR SHAW IN           GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
              SOUTHERN BOLIVAR       GROUND.  REPORTED BY LOCAL TV
              COUNTY MS              STATION.

330 PM        NORTHERN GREENVILLE    QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  REPORTED AT
              CITY LIMITS IN         LOCAL TV STATION IN GREENVILLE.
              WASHINGTON COUNTY
              MS

336 PM        GREENVILLE IN          GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
              WASHINGTON COUNTY MS   AT LOCAL TELEVISION STATION IN
                                     GREENVILLE.
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345 PM TO     NORTHERN CARROLLTON    NICKEL TO GOLFBALL SIZE
400 PM        IN CARROLL COUNTY MS   HAIL REPORTED BY SHERRIFFS
                                     DEPUTIES ALONG MS HWY 35
                    f                 NORTH OF CARROLLTON AS WELL
                                     AS AT THE SHERRIFFS OFFICE IN
                                     CARROLLTON.
Local storm report, May 15, 4:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TRANSMIT DATE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
417 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1995

THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR TUESDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT)    LOCATION               REPORT

315 PM        NEAR SHAW IN           GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
              SOUTHERN BOLIVAR       GROUND.  REPORTED BY LOCAL TV
              COUNTY MS              STATION.

330 PM        NORTHERN GREENVILLE    QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  REPORTED AT
              CITY LIMITS IN         LOCAL TV STATION IN GREENVILLE.
              WASHINGTON COUNTY
              MS

336 PM        GREENVILLE IN          GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
              WASHINGTON COUNTY MS   AT LOCAL TELEVISION STATION IN
                                     GREENVILLE.
<
345 PM TO     NORTHERN CARROLLTON    NICKEL TO GOLFBALL SIZE
400 PM        IN CARROLL COUNTY MS   HAIL REPORTED BY SHERRIFFS
                                     DEPUTIES ALOtNG MS HWY 35
                                     NORTH OF CARROLLTON AS WELL
                                     AS AT THE SHERRIFFS OFFICE IN
                                     CARROLLTON.
Local storm report, May 15, 4:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TRANSMIT DATE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
417 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995

THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR MONDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT)    LOCATION               REPORT

315 PM        NEAR SHAW IN           GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
              SOUTHERN BOLIVAR       GROUND.  REPORTED BY LOCAL TV
              COUNTY MS              STATION.

330 PM        NORTHERN GREENVILLE    QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  REPORTED AT
              CITY LIMITS IN         LOCAL TV STATION IN GREENVILLE.
              WASHINGTON COUNTY
              MS

336 PM        GREENVILLE IN          GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
              WASHINGTON COUNTY MS   AT LOCAL TELEVISION STATION IN
                                     GREENVILLE.
<
345 PM TO     NORTHERN CARROLLTON    NICKEL TO GOLFBALL SIZE
400 PM        IN CARROLL COUNTY MS   HAIL REPORTED BY SHERRIFFS
                                     DEPUTIES ALON~G MS HWY 35
                                     NORTH OF CARROLLTON AS WELL
                                     AS AT THE SHERRIFFS OFFICE IN
                                     CARROLLTON.
Local storm report, May 15, 5:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
538 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995

THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR MONDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT)    LOCATION               REPORT

520 PM        SOUTH OF ETHEL AND     REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
              NEW HOPE IN ATTALLA    ALONG HWY 19 AND 14 SOUTH OF THE
              COUNTY MS              ETHEL COMMUNITY.  SEVERAL TREES
                                     WERE ALSO DOWNED IN NEW HOPpE
                                     AT THE SAME TIME.
Local storm report, May 15, 6:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
621 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995

THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR MONDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT)    LOCATION               REPORT

538 PM        SOUTHWEST WINSTON      QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
              COUNTY MS              BY EOC IN SW CORNER OF COUNTY
                                     NEAR HWY 25. REPORT RELAYED
                                     BY MEI WSO.

600 PM        NESHOBA COUNTY MS      NESHOBA EOC REPORTED 3/4 INCH
                                     HAIL (DIME SIZE) JUST NORTH OF
                                     PHILADELPHIA.
Local storm report, May 15, 6:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
654 PM CDT MON MAY 15 1995

THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION FOR MONDAY MAY 15 1995
TIME (CDT)    LOCATION               REPORT

630 PM        BOLIVAR COUNTY MS      PUBLIC REPORTED TO BOLIVAR
                                     EOC...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                     JUST WEST OF MOUND BAYOU IN
                                     NORTHERN BOLIVAR COUNTY.
                 ^                    REPORTED TO NWS AT 635 PM.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley58 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.