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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Jackson, MS

January 30, 19994 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jan 30, 1999, 8:47 AM CST for 4 counties in 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
Jan 30, 1999, 8:47 AM CST (14:47 UTC)
Expired
Jan 30, 1999, 10:50 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Jefferson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 1999-01-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1999-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 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 301448
FFWJAN
MSC021-029-049-063-089-121-301650-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
847 AM CST SAT JAN 30 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1050 AM CST

* AT 845 AM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
* A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM FAYETTE TO UTICA TO JACKSON.
  STORMS IN THE BAND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH AND
  WILL TRACK ACROSS THE WARNING AREA REPEATEDLY.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 6:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar50 min
Jan 29, 7:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest47 min
Jan 29, 8:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion52 min
Jan 29, 9:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar60 min
Jan 29, 9:29 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Jefferson5 hr
Jan 29, 9:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar31 min
Jan 29, 9:58 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest47 min
Jan 29, 10:42 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke2 hr
Jan 29, 10:42 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANJones2 hr
Jan 29, 11:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar, Marion3 hr
Jan 30, 1:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLamar, Marion2 hr
Jan 30, 1:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest2 hr
Jan 30, 8:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANMadison, Rankin2 hr
Jan 30, 10:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln29 min
Jan 30, 10:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Simpson46 min
Jan 30, 11:09 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLawrence, Rankin, Simpson, Smith2 hr
Jan 30, 11:09 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANNeshoba, Newton, Scott2 hr
Jan 30, 12:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale3 hr
Jan 30, 1:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson, Smith30 min
Jan 30, 4:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones49 min
Jan 30, 5:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Newton50 min
Jan 30, 5:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper66 min

Nearby

Flash 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.