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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Jackson, MS

August 16, 2002Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2002, 7:36 PM CDT for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 119 min. 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 16, 2002, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2002, 9:35 PM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hinds County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 24 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 2002-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2106 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 2002-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
2106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
918 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 170036
FFWJAN
MSC049-170235-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
733 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 935 PM CDT

* AT 733 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM CLINTON TO UTICA. THE 
LINE WAS SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT BUT STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE 
NORTHEAST ALONG THE LINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF HEAVY 
RAINFALL MOVING REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME AREAS AND FLOODING IS 
LIKELY. 

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 3206 9036 3210 9057 3241 9036 3240 9007
          3226 9021 3220 9018 3217 9025 3206 9024
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KJAN 170121
FFSJAN
MSC049-170215-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
815 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002

FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...

HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

A LINE OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS EASTERN 
HINDS COUNTY...PRODUCING PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE JACKSON METRO AREA 
(1.93 INCHES AT WLBT). NUMEROUS ROADWAYS IN CENTRAL AND EAST HINDS 
COUNTY ARE COVERED IN WATER AND VEHICLES HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED. 

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 3:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds60 min

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.