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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Jackson, MS

November 9, 20004 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Nov 9, 2000, 12:54 AM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Nov 9, 2000, 12:54 AM CST (06:54 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 2000, 3:45 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Covington County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Marion County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2000-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1244 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2000-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 277 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
8.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 090655
FFWJAN
MSC031-065-077-091-090945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1254 AM CST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 345 AM CST

* AT 1254 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS    
  FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED IN THIS AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING.    
  ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE AS THUNDERSTORMS   
  CONTINUE MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA.

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

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LAT...LON 3133 8988 3140 8982 3147 8979 3152 8972
          3160 8969 3168 8962 3178 8954 3175 8987
          3141 9006

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 6:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin37 min
Nov 8, 6:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison46 min
Nov 8, 7:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Rankin50 min
Nov 8, 7:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott41 min
Nov 8, 7:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin47 min
Nov 8, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba48 min
Nov 8, 8:21 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin99 min
Nov 8, 8:35 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Franklin, Jefferson115 min
Nov 8, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee, Winston49 min
Nov 8, 10:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin2 hr
Nov 8, 10:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln47 min
Nov 8, 11:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah119 min
Nov 8, 11:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion43 min
Nov 9, 12:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin105 min
Nov 9, 12:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington46 min
Nov 9, 12:58 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar32 min
Nov 9, 1:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion30 min
Nov 9, 1:25 AM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar50 min
Nov 9, 2:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke32 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.