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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2002, 9:28 AM CDT for Copiah County, Franklin County, Lincoln 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
- Sep 26, 2002, 9:28 AM CDT (14:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2002, 12:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Lincoln County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 261428
FFWJAN
MSC029-037-085-261725-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
925 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 1225 PM CDT
* AT 925 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HAZLEHURST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS
WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN CRYSTALL SPRINGS AND
GEORGETOWN. TRAVELERS ALONG INTERSTATE 55 SHOULD BE EXTRA
CAREFUL.
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 3139 9113 3139 9032 3202 9026 3204 9070
3161 9073 3160 91122 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KJAN 261620 FFSJAN MSC029-037-085-261715- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1120 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1225 PM CDT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING FROM NEAR DENTVILLE...TO RED STAR...TO AUBURN. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA...WITH HOURLY AMOUNTS TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. THE AREA OF RAIN WILL MOVE NORTHWEST AT NEAR 20 MPH. WITH SOILS ALREADY SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL CAN QUICKLY BECOME RUNOFF. WATER MAY POND ON STREETS AND ROADWAYS. THEREFORE... TRAVELERS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
000 WGUS74 KJAN 261709 FFSJAN MSC029-037-085-261725- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1207 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1225 PM CDT. AT 1205 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A NEARLY STATIONARY BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WESTERN COPIAH...WESTERN LINCOLN...AND EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY FALLEN IN THIS AREA BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON...AND THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS INCREASING IN THIS AREA. PEOPLE IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THIS AREA WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED SOON.
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, 7:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Jefferson, Madison | 2 hr |
| Sep 26, 8:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:56 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 |
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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.