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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS

June 28, 1997Montgomery County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 1997, 8:09 PM CDT for Montgomery 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 28, 1997, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1997, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 1997-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2130 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1997-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
2130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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 290110
FFWJAN
MSC097-290315-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
809 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
AT 808 PM RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO 3 AND A THIRD INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN OVER NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY JUST NORTH OF DUCK HILL SINCE 7
PM. PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE AREA THROUGH 9 PM.
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH INCH ARE POSSIBLE WHICH WILL ONLY
AGGRAVATE RUNOFF.
 
AT NIGHT BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
T`HE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE SWIFTLY TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
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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, Jun 28, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
625 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997

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

0540 PM    1 N CLEVELAND             MS   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   BOLIVAR                        FEW TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
                                          COUNTY. REPORTED BY THE
                                          BOLIVAR COUNTY S.O.

0549 PM    WEST CROSSETT             AR   .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   ASHLEY                         REPORTED BY THE ASHLEY
                                          COUNTY S.O.
Local storm report, Jun 28, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
625 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997

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

0540 PM    1 N CLEVELAND             MS   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   BOLIVAR                        FEW TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
                                          COUNTY. REPORTED BY THE
                                          BOLIVAR COUNTY S.O.@

0549 PM    WEST CROSSETT             AR   .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   ASHLEY                         REPORTED BY THE ASHLEY
                                          COUNTY S.O.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLauderdale2 hr
Jun 28, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba43 min
Jun 28, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton48 min
Jun 29, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott48 min
Jun 29, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton55 min
Jun 29, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee59 min
Jun 29, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones48 min
Jun 29, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence45 min

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.