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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS

March 2, 20015 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 2, 2001, 1:05 AM 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, 1:05 AM CST (07:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2001, 4:00 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, Forrest County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Marion County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2001-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 109 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 2001-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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 020707
FFWJAN
MSC031-035-067-073-091-021000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
105 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 400 AM CST

* AT 105 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN COLUMBIA...HATTIESBURG AND       
  LAUREL. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND     
  MOVE ACROSS THE SAME   AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED            
  SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO   
  FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN 10 PM THURSDAY EVENING AND 1 AM    
  FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES 
  ARE POSSIBLE BY 4 AM AS STORMS REDEVELOP OVER THESE SAME AREAS.

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS 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.

74

LAT...LON 3109 8960 3154 8894 3182 8894 3180 8918
          3176 8935 3176 8941 3171 8943 3154 8959
          3145 8957 3143 8967 3124 8986

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 6:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion51 min
Mar 1, 7:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion49 min
Mar 1, 7:23 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams3 hr
Mar 1, 7:27 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar33 min
Mar 1, 7:50 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest, Jones40 min
Mar 1, 8:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln45 min
Mar 1, 8:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones34 min
Mar 1, 8:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington46 min
Mar 1, 9:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones29 min
Mar 1, 10:18 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence117 min
Mar 2, 1:32 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Jefferson3 hr
Mar 2, 11:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson3 hr
Mar 2, 11:59 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson3 hr
Mar 2, 12:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis34 min
Mar 2, 12:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington25 min
Mar 2, 1:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jones51 min
Mar 2, 1:53 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith3 hr
Mar 2, 2:01 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMarion29 min
Mar 2, 2:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper41 min
Mar 2, 2:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMarion35 min
Mar 2, 2:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln92 min
Mar 2, 2:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar56 min
Mar 2, 2:35 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke25 min
Mar 2, 2:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest57 min
Mar 2, 2:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones50 min
Mar 2, 3:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion3 hr
Mar 2, 3:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams4 hr
Mar 2, 4:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln3 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.