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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Jackson, MS

January 29, 1999Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana; Adams County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jan 29, 1999, 4:33 PM CST for Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana; Adams County, Mississippi. It was in force for 5 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
Jan 29, 1999, 4:33 PM CST (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Jan 29, 1999, 9:30 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Adams County, MS

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 1999-01-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 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 12:00Z on 1999-01-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 292233
FFWJAN
LAC025-029-041-107-MSC001-063-300330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
433 PM CST FRI JAN 29 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
  CATAHOULA PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
  CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
  FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
  TENSAS PARISH IN NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 930 PM CST

* AT 430 PM A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATED THAT
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION INTO
THE EVENING HOURS.

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES BETWEEN 230 AND 430 PM HAVE BEEN
REPORTED...WITH FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AS WELL AS WATER BEGINNING TO
GET INTO SOME HOMES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL WORSEN THE FLOOD
PROBLEMS.

DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 9:06 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll2 hr
Jan 29, 11:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANMorehouse, West Carroll3 hr
Jan 29, 11:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison, Richland3 hr
Jan 29, 12:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANEast Carroll, Madison47 min
Jan 29, 2:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANEast Carroll6 hr
Jan 29, 2:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANMorehouse, Richland, West Carroll6 hr
Jan 29, 2:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANMadison6 hr
Jan 29, 4:33 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANFranklin5 hr
Jan 29, 2:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington and 1 more6 hr
Jan 29, 2:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Grenada6 hr
Jan 29, 2:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar6 hr
Jan 29, 2:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison48 min
Jan 29, 2:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin49 min
Jan 29, 4:19 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala4 hr
Jan 29, 4:33 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANJefferson5 hr
Jan 29, 5:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin50 min
Jan 29, 5:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANFranklin33 min
Jan 29, 5:33 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLincoln57 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1999Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1999Every flash flood warning in 1999

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.