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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Jackson, MS

June 24, 2000Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2000, 3:06 PM CDT for Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 84 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2000, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2000, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1417 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
1417 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 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 242008
FFWJAN
MSC091-242130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
306 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 306 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A          
  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF  
  COLUMBIA. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 
FALLEN IN THE AREA SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS 
WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS AND CREEKS IN THE AREA ALONG 6
HIGHWAY 35 BETWEEN FOXWORTH AND CHERAW.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.

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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.