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Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Jackson, MS

September 3, 2001Adams County, Franklin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2001, 6:07 AM CDT for Adams County, Franklin County, 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
Sep 3, 2001, 6:07 AM CDT (11:07 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2001, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Adams County, MS, Franklin County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2001-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 110 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 2001-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 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
110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 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 031112
FFWJAN
MSC001-037-031400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
607 AM CDT MON SEP 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 607 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER 
HOUR IN ISOLATED AREAS. THE STRIP OF HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDED FROM NATCHEZ
...EAST ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 84 TOWARDS BUDE AND MCCALL CREEK.
THROUGH 900 AM CDT...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL POSSIBLE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF ADAMS AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES PRODUCING FLOODING 
PROBLEMS FOR THOSE COMMUTING ON HIGHWAY 84 AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 33 AND 
61. WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE 
COMMUNITIES OF NATCHEZ...MEADVILLE...BUDE...WASHINGTON AND
QUENTIN. 

ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOST LIKELY RUN-OFF CAUSING 
FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS ADAMS AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. IT IS 
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR 
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY AS 
YOUR VEHICLE COULD BE SWEPT AWAY

LAT...LON 3131 9149 3133 9138 3139 9133 3137 9121
          3137 9090 3140 9066 3160 9064 3161 9118
          3163 9121 3163 9125 3169 9131 3158 9140
          3153 9149 3138 9147

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 8:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMadison3 hr
Sep 3, 4:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis3 hr
Sep 3, 5:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Jasper4 hr
Sep 3, 5:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMadison3 hr
Sep 3, 7:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence3 hr
Sep 3, 8:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANSimpson115 min
Sep 3, 9:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLincoln2 hr
Sep 3, 9:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANRankin2 hr
Sep 3, 10:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence2 hr
Sep 3, 10:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds115 min
Sep 3, 10:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANJasper, Simpson, Smith2 hr
Sep 3, 10:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLincoln115 min
Sep 3, 1:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Rankin2 hr
Sep 3, 1:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne119 min
Sep 3, 5:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis2 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.