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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Jackson, MS

May 27, 2000Washington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2000, 7:31 PM CDT for Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 59 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
May 27, 2000, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 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 2000-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2184 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
2184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 280032
FFWJAN
MSC151-280130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
731 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 731 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN SOUTHERN AREAS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Leflore45 min
May 27, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery24 min
May 27, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster24 min
May 27, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Holmes, Yazoo43 min
May 27, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Oktibbeha43 min
May 27, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes29 min
May 27, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha26 min
May 27, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee49 min
May 27, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston49 min
May 27, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes46 min
May 27, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Newton34 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.