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Flash Flood Warning 97, NWS Jackson, MS

November 28, 2001Adams County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Nov 28, 2001, 10:09 PM CST for Adams 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 28, 2001, 10:09 PM CST (04:09 UTC)
Expired
Nov 29, 2001, 1:15 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Adams County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2001-11-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 655 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 2001-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 277 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
655 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 290410
FFWJAN
MSC001-290715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1009 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 AM CST

* AT 1009 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHEZ...
  MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AND HOUR...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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

LAT...LON 3136 9148 3139 9119 3161 9119 3166 9135

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 10:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams43 min
Nov 28, 10:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin33 min
Nov 28, 11:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson37 min
Nov 28, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah45 min
Nov 29, 12:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANWashington3 hr
Nov 29, 12:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin27 min
Nov 29, 1:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin32 min
Nov 29, 4:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw34 min
Nov 29, 8:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Simpson45 min
Nov 29, 8:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln45 min
Nov 29, 8:57 AM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin, Simpson48 min
Nov 29, 10:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence34 min
Nov 29, 10:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion53 min
Nov 29, 10:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis48 min
Nov 29, 10:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith53 min
Nov 29, 10:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest49 min
Nov 29, 10:56 AM CSTTornado WarningJANScott34 min
Nov 29, 10:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay16 min
Nov 29, 11:04 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake41 min
Nov 29, 11:11 AM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar34 min
Nov 29, 11:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton43 min
Nov 29, 11:22 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala38 min
Nov 29, 11:24 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJones51 min
Nov 29, 11:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Winston59 min
Nov 29, 11:40 AM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw50 min
Nov 29, 11:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster38 min
Nov 29, 12:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton41 min
Nov 29, 12:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale47 min
Nov 29, 12:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Winston45 min
Nov 29, 12:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha33 min
Nov 29, 12:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale47 min
Nov 29, 12:52 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper38 min
Nov 29, 12:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay35 min
Nov 29, 12:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee33 min
Nov 29, 1:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee31 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.