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Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Jackson, MS

September 2, 2001Kemper County, Neshoba County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 2001, 9:12 AM CDT for Kemper County, Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 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
Sep 2, 2001, 9:12 AM CDT (14:12 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2001, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Kemper County, MS, Neshoba County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2001-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1055 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 2001-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1055 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 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 021415
FFWJAN
MSC069-099-021615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
912 AM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 912 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN NESHOBA AND   
  ALL OF KEMPER COUNTY. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 
  MPH.

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAD FALLEN SINCE 7 
AM. STORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER THIS AREA AND AN 
ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES MAY OCCUR BY 11 AM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM 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.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 3287 8929 3261 8915 3261 8846 3291 8837
          3292 8887

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 6:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANJasper3 hr
Sep 2, 7:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANNeshoba115 min
Sep 2, 8:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke117 min
Sep 2, 8:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLamar2 hr
Sep 2, 8:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLeake113 min

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.