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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 1997, 11:10 AM CDT for Jefferson Davis County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 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
- Jun 25, 1997, 11:10 AM CDT (16:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1997, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jefferson Davis County, MS, Marion County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 739 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 251611 FFWJAN MSC065-091-251815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1110 AM CDT WED JUN 25 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY...MARION COUNTY AT 1105 AM RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS ACROSS NORTHERN MARION AND JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT TWO INCHES OF RAIN AS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR. SOME STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN EASTERN MARION COUNTY. MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER THE REGION THROUGH 1 PM. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME ADDITIONAL RUNOFF AND FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW AREAS. 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. < 69 &
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
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-250400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT WED JUN 25 1997 THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ...AS A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT MOVES OVER THE REGION. ALSO THE STORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH...WHERE DAYTIME HEATING WILL INTERACT WITH THE SEABREEZE AND OTHER BOUNDARIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...HAM RADIO OPERATORS ...AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPA@TED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-250400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT WED JUN 25 1997 THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ...AS A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT MOVES OVER THE REGION. ALSO THE STORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH...WHERE DAYTIME HEATING WILL INTERACT WITH THE SEABREEZE AND OTHER BOUNDARIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...HAM RADIO OPERATORS ...AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 11:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1997Every 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.