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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Jackson, MS

May 2, 19974 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 1997, 8:38 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 1997, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 1997, 11:40 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Montgomery County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2009 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 400 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.0
Supercell composite: 14.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 030141
FFWJAN
MSC015-043-051-097-105-155-030440-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
838 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1140 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

   ...CARROLL COUNTY
   ...HOLMES COUNTY
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY

IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

   ...GRENADA COUNTY
   ...OKTIBBEHA COUNTY
   ...WEBSTER COUNTY
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN TRAINING ACROSS SEVERAL COUNTIES IN
NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SINCE MID AFTERNOON. DOPPLER RADAR AND
SATELLITE ESTIMATES OF TOTAL RAINFALL RANGE FROM 2.5 TO MORE THAN 5
INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS PARTS OF
HOLMES...MONTGOMERY...AND CARROLL COUNTIES.

BECAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND MOVE
ACROSS THIS AREA...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AS
WELL AS UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING POORLY DRAINED AREAS IS LIKELY FOR
THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISI*NG WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 2, 3:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
341 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1158 AM    GREENVILLE                MS   .5 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   WASHINGTON                     PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL 1
                                          MILE SOUTH OF GREENVILLE
                                          ON HIGHWAY 1

1235 AM    RULEVILLE                 MS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   SUNFLOWER                      DIME SIZE HAIL AT
                                          RULEVILLE CITY HALL

0233 PM    VAIDEN                    MS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   CARROLL                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          VAIDEN
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0320 PM    TOMNOLEN                  MS   .88 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   WEBSTER                        REPORTED BY TRUCKER TO
                                          SHERIFF

0325 PM    KILMICHAEL                MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   MONTGOMERY                     NUMBER OF TREES BLOWN DOWN
                                          ON HIGHWAYS 413...US 82...
                                          AND HIGHWAY 17

0325 PM    EUPORA                    MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   WEBSTER                        NUMBER OF TREES DOWN IN
                                          COUNTY... ACROSS US 82 AND
                                          NATCHEZ TRACE

Local storm report, May 2, 3:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME AT RULEVILLE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
341 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1158 AM    GREENVILLE                MS   .5 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   WASHINGTON                     PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL 1
                                          MILE SOUTH OF GREENVILLE
                                          ON HIGHWAY 1

1235 PM    RULEVILLE                 MS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   SUNFLOWER                      DIME SIZE HAIL AT
                                          RULEVILLE CITY HALL

0233 PM    VAIDEN                    MS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   CARROLL                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          VAIDEN
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0320 PM    TOMNOLEN                  MS   .88 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   WEBSTER                        REPORTED BY TRUCKER TO
                                          SHERIFF

0325 PM    KILMICHAEL                MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   MONTGOMERY                     NUMBER OF TREES BLOWN DOWN
                                          ON HIGHWAYS 413...US 82...
                                          AND HIGHWAY 17

0325 PM    EUPORA                    MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   WEBSTER                        NUMBER OF TREES DOWN IN
                                          COUNTY... ACROSS US 82 AND
                                          NATCHEZ TRACE

Local storm report, May 2, 3:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
341 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1158 AM    GREENVILLE                MS   .5 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   WASHINGTON                     PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL 1
                                          MILE SOUTH OF GREENVILLE
                                          ON HIGHWAY 1

1235 AM    RULEVILLE                 MS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   SUNFLOWER                      DIME SIZE HAIL AT
                                          RULEVILLE CITY HALL

0233 PM    VAIDEN                    MS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   CARROLL                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          VAIDEN
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0320 PM    TOMNOLEN                  MS   .88 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   WEBSTER                        REPORTED BY TRUCKER TO
                                          SHERIFF

0325 PM    KILMICHAEL                MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   MONTGOMERY                     NUMBER OF TREES BLOWN DOWN
                                          ON HIGHWAYS 413...US 82...
                                          AND HIGHWAY 17

0325 PM    EUPORA                    MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   WEBSTER                        NUMBER OF TREES DOWN IN
                                          COUNTY... ACROSS US 82 AND
                                          NATCHEZ TRACE

Local storm report, May 2, 3:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME AT RULEVILLE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
341 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1158 AM    GREENVILLE                MS   .5 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   WASHINGTON                     PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL 1
                                          MILE SOUTH OF GREENVILLE
                                          ON HIGHWAY 1

1235 PM    RULEVILLE                 MS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   SUNFLOWER                      DIME SIZE HAIL AT
                                          RULEVILLE CITY HALL

0233 PM    VAIDEN                    MS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   CARROLL                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
                                          VAIDEN
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0320 PM    TOMNOLEN                  MS   .88 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   WEBSTER                        REPORTED BY TRUCKER TO
                                          SHERIFF

0325 PM    KILMICHAEL                MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   MONTGOMERY                     NUMBER OF TREES BLOWN DOWN
                                          ON HIGHWAYS 413...US 82...
                                          AND HIGHWAY 17

0325 PM    EUPORA                    MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   WEBSTER                        NUMBER OF TREES DOWN IN
                                          COUNTY... ACROSS US 82 AND
                                          NATCHEZ TRACE

Local storm report, May 2, 7:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
734 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 PM    BASTROP                   LA   TORNADO
05/02/97   MOREHOUSE                      TORNADO REPORTED ON THE
                                          GROUND 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF
                                          BASTROP BY MOREHOUSE
                                          PARISH SHERIFF... NUMEROUS
                                          TREES DOWN IN PARISH

0440 PM    GREENWOOD                 MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   LEFLORE                        EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE IN
                                          GREENWOOD TO TREES AND
                                          SOME BUILDINGS

0445 PM    GOODWILL                  LA   TORNADO
05/02/97   WEST CARROLL                   TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 2
                                          NEAR GOODWILL THROUGH OPEN
                                          FIELD

0456 PM    DUCK HILL                 MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   MONTGOMERY                     NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AT
                                          DUCK HILL REPORTED BY
                                          RADIO STATION

0537 PM    BONITA                    LA   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   MOREHOUSE                      TREES DOWN IN BONITA WITH
                                          MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY MOREHOUSE PARISH
                                          SHERIFF

0542 PM    ROLLING FORK              MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   SHARKEY                        TREES DOWN IN ROLLING FORK
                                          REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO

0600 PM    ANGUILLA                  MS   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   SHARKEY                        QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
                                          SIZE HAIL IN ANGUILLA
                                          REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
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0600 PM    ROLLING FORK              MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   SHARKEY                        NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          SHARKEY COUNTY

0645 PM    BELZONI                   MS   TORNADO
05/02/97   HUMPHREYS                      MAJOR DAMAGE IN DOWNTOWN
                                          BELZONI FORD DEALERSHIP
                                          WINDOWS BLOWN OUT ROOF OFF
                                          GRAIN COMPLEX DESTROYED
                                          NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN

0715 PM    WINONA                    MS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   MONTGOMERY                     DIME SIZE HAIL IN WINONA

0718 PM    BELZONI                   MS   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   HUMPHREYS                      QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
                                          SIZE HAIL IN BELZONI WITH
                                          ADDITIONAL WIND DAMAGE TO
                                          SOME BUILDINGS

Local storm report, May 2, 7:39 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
734 PM CDT FRI MAY 02 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 PM    BASTROP                   LA   TORNADO
05/02/97   MOREHOUSE                      TORNADO REPORTED ON THE
                                          GROUND 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF
                                          BASTROP BY MOREHOUSE
                                          PARISH SHERIFF... NUMEROUS
                                          TREES DOWN IN PARISH

0440 PM    GREENWOOD                 MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   LEFLORE                        EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE IN
                                          GREENWOOD TO TREES AND
                                          SOME BUILDINGS

0445 PM    GOODWILL                  LA   TORNADO
05/02/97   WEST CARROLL                   TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 2
                                          NEAR GOODWILL THROUGH OPEN
                                          FIELD

0456 PM    DUCK HILL                 MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   MONTGOMERY                     NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AT
                                          DUCK HILL REPORTED BY
                                          RADIO STATION

0537 PM    BONITA                    LA   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   MOREHOUSE                      TREES DOWN IN BONITA WITH
                                          MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY MOREHOUSE PARISH
                                          SHERIFF

0542 PM    ROLLING FORK              MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   SHARKEY                        TREES DOWN IN ROLLING FORK
                                          REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO

0600 PM    ANGUILLA                  MS   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   SHARKEY                        QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
                                          SIZE HAIL IN ANGUILLA
                                          REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
<
0600 PM    ROLLING FORK              MS   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/97   SHARKEY                        NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          SHARKEY COUNTY

0645 PM    BELZONI                   MS   TORNADO
05/02/97   HUMPHREYS                      MAJOR DAMAGE IN DOWNTOWN
                                          BELZONI FORD DEALERSHIP
                                          WINDOWS BLOWN OUT ROOF OFF
                                          GRAIN COMPLEX DESTROYED
                                          NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN

0715 PM    WINONA                    MS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   MONTGOMERY                     DIME SIZE HAIL IN WINONA

0718 PM    BELZONI                   MS   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/02/97   HUMPHREYS                      QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
"                                          SIZE HAIL IN BELZONI WITH
                                          ADDITIONAL WIND DAMAGE TO
                                          SOME BUILDINGS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Washington	52 min
May 2, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Webster	48 min
May 2, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes	41 min
May 2, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw	45 min
May 2, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll	49 min
May 2, 7:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	44 min
May 2, 7:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sunflower	42 min
May 2, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	46 min
May 2, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	47 min
May 2, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Webster	43 min
May 2, 8:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Holmes	41 min
May 2, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	57 min
May 2, 8:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha, Webster	3 hr
May 2, 8:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Montgomery	51 min
May 2, 8:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sunflower	48 min
May 2, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Leflore	41 min
May 2, 9:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw	51 min
May 2, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada	48 min
May 2, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	29 min
May 2, 9:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw	3 hr
May 2, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	40 min
May 2, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Webster	49 min
May 2, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore	41 min
May 2, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	54 min
May 2, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower	46 min
May 2, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore	52 min
May 2, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada	48 min
May 2, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll	51 min
May 2, 11:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Grenada, Webster	3 hr
May 2, 11:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	3 hr
May 3, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	43 min
May 3, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	54 min
May 3, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren, Yazoo	41 min
May 3, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	42 min
May 3, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin	49 min
May 3, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	53 min
May 3, 2:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	50 min
May 3, 2:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	53 min
May 3, 2:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	63 min
May 3, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	44 min
May 3, 4:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	42 min
May 3, 4:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	53 min
May 3, 5:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones	45 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1997 Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.