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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Jackson, MS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 45 min |
| May 27, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 24 min |
| May 27, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 24 min |
| May 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Holmes, Yazoo | 43 min |
| May 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 43 min |
| May 27, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 29 min |
| May 27, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 26 min |
| May 27, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 49 min |
| May 27, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 49 min |
| May 27, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 46 min |
| May 27, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 34 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.