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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

March 3, 20015 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 3, 2001, 12:45 PM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 4 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 3, 2001, 12:45 PM CST (18:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2001, 4:45 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Copiah County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 1 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°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 031846
FFWJAN
MSC029-049-089-121-127-032245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1245 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 445 PM CST

* AT 1243 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LARGE 
AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  BETWEEN TWO 
AND SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE FRIDAY.  BETWEEN 1245 PM AND 
5 PM...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL FALL. 

SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED...AND CREEKS THROUGHOUT THE 
REGION ARE ABOVE BANKFULL...THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY COMPOUND 
THE FLOODING PROBLEM...INCLUDING ROADS AND URBAN AREAS.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED AREAS...AS MOST FLASH FLOOD 
FATALITIES OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  STOP...TURN AROUND...AND GO 
ANOTHER WAY.

LAT...LON 3232 9067 3173 9071 3178 9022 3184 8968
          3202 8968 3217 8976 3236 8978 3269 8979
          +3287 8977 3291 8992 3271 9008 3252 9048

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, 7:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, Jefferson Davis, Jones and 4 more3 hr
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, 12:55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.