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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Jackson, MS

August 1, 2002Copiah County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2002, 8:05 AM CDT for Copiah 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
Aug 1, 2002, 8:05 AM CDT (13:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2002, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Copiah County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2002-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1550 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 2002-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1550 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 011305
FFWJAN
MSC029-011600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
804 AM CDT THU AUG 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT

* AT 804 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER GEORGETOWN...OR ABOUT
  14 MILES EAST OF HAZLEHURST...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS 
PORTIONS OF EASTERN COPIAH COUNTY OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. MORE 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING TO THE NORTH AND WILL MOVE SOUTH OVER 
THE AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING THE HEAVY RAINFALL. AN 
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN 
COPIAH COUNTY...THROUGH 11 AM.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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 3193 9018 3200 9031 3172 9034 3176 9015

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 7:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANRankin, Simpson3 hr
Aug 1, 7:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLawrence3 hr
Aug 1, 12:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds91 min
Aug 1, 1:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds58 min

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.