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Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Jackson, MS

October 13, 2001Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Oct 13, 2001, 6:07 PM CDT for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 113 min. 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
Oct 13, 2001, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2001, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Forrest County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2001-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1483 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2001-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 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
1483 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
9.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 132309
FFWJAN
MSC035-140100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
607 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 607 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF       
  HATTIESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HATTIESBURG EOC HAS 
  REPORTED THAT UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PETAL/
  HATTIESBURG AREA.
  
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 3093 8934 3094 8914 3143 8913 3144 8932

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 7:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington53 min
Oct 13, 7:35 AM CDTTornado WarningJANSmith25 min
Oct 13, 7:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren33 min
Oct 13, 7:59 AM CDTTornado WarningJANScott31 min
Oct 13, 8:10 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah35 min
Oct 13, 8:32 AM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin43 min
Oct 13, 8:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams33 min
Oct 13, 8:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Jefferson33 min
Oct 13, 9:00 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMadison, Yazoo30 min
Oct 13, 9:10 AM CDTTornado WarningJANAdams, Franklin50 min
Oct 13, 9:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Warren29 min
Oct 13, 9:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo52 min
Oct 13, 9:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds57 min
Oct 13, 9:34 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson41 min
Oct 13, 9:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson35 min
Oct 13, 9:44 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln46 min
Oct 13, 9:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne26 min
Oct 13, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha44 min
Oct 13, 10:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay46 min
Oct 13, 10:26 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds49 min
Oct 13, 10:30 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah45 min
Oct 13, 10:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest55 min
Oct 13, 10:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion37 min
Oct 13, 10:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison54 min
Oct 13, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee50 min
Oct 13, 11:06 AM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin24 min
Oct 13, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln50 min
Oct 13, 11:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke43 min
Oct 13, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes49 min
Oct 13, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Simpson56 min
Oct 13, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin51 min
Oct 13, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke57 min
Oct 13, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Marion44 min
Oct 13, 12:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar25 min
Oct 13, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott, Smith59 min
Oct 13, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson59 min
Oct 13, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMarion29 min
Oct 13, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jones55 min
Oct 13, 1:08 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion47 min
Oct 13, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClay32 min
Oct 13, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper66 min
Oct 13, 1:36 PM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest39 min
Oct 13, 1:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMontgomery2 hr
Oct 13, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Neshoba, Winston64 min
Oct 13, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton64 min
Oct 13, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper31 min
Oct 13, 1:51 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jones39 min
Oct 13, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster41 min
Oct 13, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha51 min
Oct 13, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale48 min
Oct 13, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper66 min
Oct 13, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay46 min
Oct 13, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJones29 min
Oct 13, 2:34 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper56 min
Oct 13, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper24 min
Oct 13, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest37 min
Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lowndes, Noxubee64 min
Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale64 min
Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJones34 min
Oct 13, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale57 min
Oct 13, 3:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Clay, Forrest, Jasper, Jones, Kemper and 8 more119 min
Oct 13, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay25 min
Oct 13, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee34 min
Oct 13, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke44 min
Oct 13, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke36 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.