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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Jackson, MS

February 14, 2000Issaquena County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 14, 2000, 9:12 AM CST for Issaquena County, Mississippi. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 14, 2000, 9:12 AM CST (15:12 UTC)
Expired
Feb 14, 2000, 10:15 AM CST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Issaquena County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2000-02-14Temperature 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 2000-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 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 
WGUS54 KJAN 141513
FFWJAN
MSC055-141615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...THIS IS ONLY A TEST!!!!!!!!
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
912 AM CST MON FEB 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1015 AM CST

THIS IS ONLY A TEST...NO FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING!!!!!

THIS IS ONLY A TEST!!!   THIS IS ONLY A TEST!!!!
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 6:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba35 min
Feb 13, 6:37 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper23 min
Feb 13, 6:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Noxubee33 min

Nearby

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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.