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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS

March 2, 20014 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 2, 2001, 11:59 AM CST for 4 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, 11:59 AM CST (17:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2001, 3:00 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Adams County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Jefferson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 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 12:00Z on 2001-03-02Temperature 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 2001-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 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 021802
FFWJAN
MSC001-021-037-063-022100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1159 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM CST

* AT 1159 AM CST...HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER 
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BETWEEN 1 AND 2 PM. RAINFALL
RATES COULD INCREASE TO ONE INCH PER HOUR.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. 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.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

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LAT...LON 3139 9101 3163 9074 3183 9074 3194 9071
          3204 9073 3220 9073 3205 9096 3186 9112
          3163 9138 3160 9138 3160 9134 3152 9125

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, 1:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion3 hr
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, 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

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.