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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Jackson, MS

May 29, 1995Clarke County, Jasper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 1995, 6:05 PM CDT for Clarke County, Jasper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1995, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clarke County, MS, Jasper County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 1995-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1776 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 1995-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
1776 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 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 292306
FFWJAN
MSC023-061-300200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
605 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...WESTERN CLARKE COUNTY...EASTERN JASPER COUNTY
 
AT 600 PM MERIDIAN WEATHER SERVICE GOT A REPORT FROM THE JONES COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE. THE REPORTED STATED THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER COVERED
HIGHWAY 513 NORTHEAST OF ROSEHILL AT EASTERN JASPER COUNTY AND THE FLASH
FLOODING EXTENDED INTO WESTERN CLARK COUNTY. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN CAN
BE EXPECTED OVER CLARK AND JASPER COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT THREE HOURS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER MUST BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Neshoba27 min
May 29, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale35 min

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.