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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Jackson, MS

March 3, 200110 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 3, 2001, 7:11 AM CST for 10 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2001, 7:11 AM CST (13:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2001, 10:15 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Adams County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Marion County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 3, 8:00 AM CSTFlash FloodCountywide, MSSeveral roads were flooded.
Mar 3, 8:00 AM CSTFlash FloodCountywide, MSAdditional rainfall produced continued flooding of several roads.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 2001-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 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 031311
FFWJAN
MSC001-031-035-037-065-067-073-077-085-091-031615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
711 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1015 AM CST

* AT 709 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER
  ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THIS AREA HAS
  RECEIVED FIVE TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS...AND
  THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS.

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.

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..t.EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

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LAT...LON 3092 8915 3145 8916 3147 8894 3183 8896
          3171 9029 3162 9075 3158 9117 3165 9135
          3154 9150 3135 9147 3141 8976 3121 8998
          3103 8983 3104 8951

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 12:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar, Marion3 hr
Mar 3, 2:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Covington, Jasper, Jones3 hr
Mar 3, 3:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar, Marion2 hr
Mar 3, 5:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Covington, Jasper, Jones105 min
Mar 3, 9:12 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Smith2 hr
Mar 3, 10:55 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis and 5 more3 hr
Mar 3, 12:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Simpson4 hr
Mar 3, 12:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena35 min
Mar 3, 2:11 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones and 8 more2 hr
Mar 3, 4:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones and 8 more3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.