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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Jackson, MS

March 31, 2002Adams County, Franklin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2002, 3:08 AM CST for Adams County, Franklin 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 as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2002, 3:08 AM CST (09:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2002, 6:00 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Adams County, MS, Franklin County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2002-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 295 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 2002-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 310908
FFWJAN
MSC001-037-311200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
306 AM CST SUN MAR 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 600 AM CST

* AT 306 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OF ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO 
INCHES PER HOUR OVER HOMOCHITTO NATIONAL FOREST AREA BETWEEN NATCHEZ 
AND BUDE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH OVER THE 
SAME AREAS RESULTING IN THE THREAT FOR LOCAL FLASHFLOODING IN THE 
BUDE AND MEADVILLE AREAS.

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 ROAD.

LAT...LON 3136 9135 3135 9102 3161 9091 3163 9125

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 6:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes30 min
Mar 30, 7:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne25 min
Mar 30, 7:19 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne41 min
Mar 30, 7:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Warren47 min
Mar 30, 8:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo38 min
Mar 30, 8:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison33 min
Mar 30, 8:50 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison25 min
Mar 30, 9:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo45 min
Mar 30, 9:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes29 min
Mar 30, 10:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes28 min
Mar 31, 12:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Washington46 min
Mar 31, 12:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower45 min
Mar 31, 1:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena26 min
Mar 31, 1:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore46 min
Mar 31, 1:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren18 min
Mar 31, 1:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 1 more4 hr
Mar 31, 1:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo38 min
Mar 31, 2:09 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery4 hr
Mar 31, 2:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Montgomery43 min
Mar 31, 2:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin40 min
Mar 31, 4:55 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANJefferson2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.