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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Jackson, MS

May 23, 1997Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 1997, 5:11 PM CDT for Hinds County, 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 23, 1997, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 1997, 8:15 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 12:00Z, 10.2 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 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 232211
FFWJAN
MSC049-240115-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
511 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HINDS COUNTY
 
AT 507 PM CDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODED
ROADS IN SOUTHERN HINDS COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED AS SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER THE AREA
FROM THE SOUTH. THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPE OFF AFTER SUNSET.
 
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 23, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar35 min
May 23, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Simpson52 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.