Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2002, 7:59 AM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 2 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
- Sep 26, 2002, 7:59 AM CDT (12:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2002, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Claiborne County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Madison County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 716 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KJAN 261259
FFWJAN
MSC021-049-063-089-261500-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
757 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 757 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN
EXTENDING FROM CANTON TO JACKSON TO PORT GIBSON TO FAYETTE. MOVING
WEST AT 15 MPH.
RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE OCCURRING
OVER THIS AREA. SINCE MIDNIGHT...THIS AREA HAS HAD 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAIN. OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.
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 3259 8996 3264 9021 3246 9055 3225 9065
3201 9108 3170 9122 3164 9086 3209 9075
3212 90342 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KJAN 261401 FFSJAN MSC021-049-063-089-261500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 855 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 AM CDT. AT 855 AM RADAR INDICATED THAT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER MADISON...HINDS...CLAIBORNE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 10 AM.
000 WGUS74 KJAN 261428 FFSJAN MSC021-049-063-089-261500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 926 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AT 925 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR WAS OCCURRING IN THIS AREA. WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED ON NUMEROUS STREETS IN JACKSON...AND ACROSS SEVERAL ROADS IN MADISON COUNTY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE MORNING AS TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE MOVES NORTH. THIS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE IN AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 12:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 5 more | 15 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 32 min |
| Sep 26, 6:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 8:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Warren, Yazoo | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 12:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 12:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 12:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 26, 12:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren, Yazoo | 2 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 5 more | 3 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.