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Flash Flood Warning 94, NWS Jackson, MS

November 27, 2001Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Louisiana; Adams County, Claiborne County, Jefferson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Nov 27, 2001, 8:55 AM CST for Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Louisiana; Adams County, Claiborne County, Jefferson 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
Nov 27, 2001, 8:55 AM CST (14:55 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 2001, 11:45 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Jefferson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2001-11-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 382 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 2001-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 273 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
382 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 271516 CCA
FFWJAN
LAC025-029-MSC001-021-063-271745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
855 AM CST TUE NOV 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CATAHOULA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
  CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1145 AM CST

* AT 849 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH ARE MOVING 
REPEATEDLY FROM NEAR JONESVILLE TO NATCHEZ TO FAYETTE AND PORT 
GIBSON. OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL RATES OF 
2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. AS SOILS SATURATE...RUN-OFF 
WILL INCREASE AND PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND SMALL 
CREEKS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PERSIST UNTIL LATE MORNING. SURFACE 
REPORTS INDICATE THAT UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 
THE REGION.

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 3134 9147 3135 9148 3139 9198 3178 9157
          3175 9148 3175 9139 3185 9132 3182 9128
          3183 9124 3187 9125 3202 9098 3221 9074
          3195 9072 3134 9145

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 6:14 PM CSTTornado WarningJANEast Carroll, West Carroll46 min
Nov 27, 4:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANConcordia39 min
Nov 27, 6:35 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia2 hr
Nov 26, 6:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sunflower, Washington23 min
Nov 26, 6:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower49 min
Nov 26, 6:46 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWashington44 min
Nov 26, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore51 min
Nov 26, 7:12 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower48 min
Nov 26, 9:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar55 min
Nov 26, 10:13 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar47 min
Nov 26, 10:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington41 min
Nov 26, 10:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower41 min
Nov 26, 10:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar46 min
Nov 27, 12:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis46 min
Nov 27, 1:01 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington29 min
Nov 27, 1:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith49 min
Nov 27, 1:19 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith41 min
Nov 27, 2:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper40 min
Nov 27, 3:04 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2001Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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.