Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2002, 2:09 AM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2002, 2:09 AM CST (08:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2002, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Montgomery County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KJAN 310809 FFWJAN MSC015-043-051-097-311200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 204 AM CST SUN MAR 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 600 AM CST * AT 138 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES TO THE LEXINGTON TO WINONA TO GRENADA AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KJAN 311008 CCA FFSJAN ARC003-017-LAC035-067-123-MSC011-015-043-051-053-055-083-097-125-133- 151-311200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 358 AM CST SUN MAR 31 2002 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FOR... BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FLASH FLOOD WARNING CANCELLED AS OF 4 AM CST FOR... CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AT 358 AM...AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM ROLLING FORK AND TCHULA...NORTH AND WEST TO ROSEDALE...CLEVELAND...GREENWOOD...WINONA AND GRENADA MISSISSIPPI. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED OVER 2 INCHES IN MANY AREAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVE OUT OF PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS WITH JUST ISOLATED...LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER THIS REGION LATER THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE T.V OR RADIO STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS LATER THIS MORNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 7:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 7:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 8:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 8:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 8:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 9:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 10:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 12:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 12:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 1:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 1:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 1:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 18 min |
| Mar 31, 1:43 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 2:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Montgomery | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 2:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 3:08 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.