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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Jackson, MS

June 28, 1997Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 1997, 8:26 PM CDT for Lauderdale 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, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1997, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lauderdale County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1997-06-29The 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 290127
FFWJAN
MSC075-290330-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
826 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY
 
AT 823 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ESTIMATES OF 3 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN OVER EASTERN LAUDERADLE COUNTY...JUST NORTH OF TOOMSUBA...SINCE
715 PM. PERSISTANT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 930 PM.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 1/2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
 
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO CROSS BRIDGES OR LOW SlPOTS 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
Jun 28, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMontgomery2 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

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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.