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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS

April 20, 1995Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 20, 1995, 8:44 PM CDT for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 1995, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 1995, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Hinds County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 1995-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2096 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2096 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
800 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.0
Supercell composite
14.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 210136
FFWJAN
MSC049-079-089-210445-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
836 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY...LEAKE COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 815 PM RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS
MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN HINDS...MADISON AND LEAKE COUNTIES. REPORTS OF 8
TO 10 INCHES OF WATER COVERING OLD CANTON ROAD IN SOUTHERN MADISON
COUNTY HAS BEEN OBSERVED. ALSO SOME STREET FLOODING MAY BE OCCURRING IN
LEAKE AND NORTHERN HINDS AS WELL. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK
ACROSS THE SAME AREA FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS.
 
AT NIGHT BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE SWIFTLhY TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds, Rankin41 min
Apr 20, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake49 min
Apr 20, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison29 min
Apr 20, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams52 min
Apr 20, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds42 min
Apr 20, 8:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison3 hr
Apr 20, 8:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLeake3 hr
Apr 20, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake, Neshoba44 min
Apr 20, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee50 min
Apr 20, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper51 min
Apr 20, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale52 min
Apr 21, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar54 min
Apr 21, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest28 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.