Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 2, 2001, 4:05 PM CST for 5 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
- Mar 2, 2001, 4:05 PM CST (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2001, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lincoln County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KJAN 022207 FFWJAN MSC021-029-037-063-085-030100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 405 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 700 PM CST * AT 405 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN REDEVELOPING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE LIKELY MEANING THE ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY OVER SATURATED GROUNDS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN JACKSON. 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. 76 LAT...LON 3143 9110 3140 9030 3204 9024 3206 9108
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 6:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 7:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 7:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 7:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 40 min |
| Mar 1, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Mar 1, 8:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 9:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 10:18 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence | 117 min |
| Mar 2, 1:05 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 12:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 1:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 1:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 2:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 2:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 2:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 92 min |
| Mar 2, 2:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 56 min |
| Mar 2, 2:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 2:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 57 min |
| Mar 2, 2:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 3:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams | 4 hr |
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.