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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS

April 2, 2000Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 2, 2000, 9:40 AM CDT for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 110 min. 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
Apr 2, 2000, 9:40 AM CDT (14:40 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2000, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
110 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Holmes County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2000-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 606 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 12:00Z on 2000-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 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
606 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 021442 COR
FFWJAN
MSC051-021630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
940 AM CDT SUN APR 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 936 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN 11 MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST 
OF   DURANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE AREAS HAVE ALREADY 
RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AND ADDTIONAL 
RAINFALL WILL ONLY SERVE TO AGGRAVATE ALREADY SATURATED CONITONS 
LEADING TO RUNOFF PROBLEMS.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADS.


LAT...LON 3307 9036 3286 9001 3320 8981 3337 9031

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 6:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Leflore39 min
Apr 1, 6:53 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes37 min
Apr 1, 10:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Leflore29 min
Apr 1, 10:44 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada4 hr
Apr 1, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery25 min
Apr 1, 11:26 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Leflore4 hr
Apr 1, 11:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington27 min
Apr 2, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey37 min
Apr 2, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo31 min
Apr 2, 7:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison34 min
Apr 2, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren43 min
Apr 2, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo44 min
Apr 2, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson28 min
Apr 2, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison36 min
Apr 2, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison, Rankin30 min
Apr 2, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne36 min
Apr 2, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake, Scott26 min
Apr 2, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison45 min
Apr 2, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren38 min
Apr 2, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala50 min
Apr 2, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake47 min
Apr 2, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton, Scott43 min
Apr 2, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds41 min
Apr 2, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNeshoba47 min
Apr 2, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson, Smith43 min
Apr 2, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison45 min
Apr 2, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNewton26 min
Apr 2, 6:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Jefferson2 hr
Apr 2, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin60 min
Apr 2, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper, Noxubee, Winston40 min
Apr 2, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne37 min
Apr 2, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds20 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.