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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

March 2, 1997Carroll County, Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 2, 1997, 6:51 PM CST for Carroll County, Holmes 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
Mar 2, 1997, 6:51 PM CST (00:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 1997, 10:00 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, MS, Holmes County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 1997-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1465 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 1997-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 294 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.1
Supercell composite
11.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 030055
FFWJAN
MSC015-051-030400-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
651 PM CST SUN MAR 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY...HOLMES COUNTY...
 
RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS...UP TO TWO INCHES IN SOUTHERN
HOLMES AND AN INCH AND A HALF IN CARROLL COUNTIES...HAVE FALLEN SINCE
345 PM TODAY.  SCATTEREED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST ACROSS CARROLL AND HOLMES COUNTIES
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. GROUND IN THE COUNTIES IS ALREADY SATURATED
AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER AND RAPID
RISES OF SMALL STREAMS IN THE AREA.
 
IF YOUR AREA IS AFFECTED BY RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.
 
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO CROSS BRIDGES OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD.  NEVER
TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 6:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANYazoo3 hr
Mar 2, 6:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll37 min
Mar 2, 6:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery26 min
Mar 2, 7:11 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANMontgomery, Webster3 hr
Mar 2, 8:44 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLeflore3 hr

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.