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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Jackson, MS

September 26, 20026 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2002, 9:56 AM CDT for 6 counties in 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, 9:56 AM CDT (14:56 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2002, 12:55 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Claiborne County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Warren County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 12:00Z on 2002-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2002-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 344 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 261456
FFWJAN
MSC021-049-089-121-149-163-261755-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
955 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1255 PM CDT

* AT 955 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST 
  OF YAZOO CITY TO VICKSBURG MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

  HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD MAY QUICKLY POND OVER ROADS
  ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. TRAVELERS ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 49
  AND INTERSTATE 20 SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.

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 3301 9040 3258 9071 3257 9085 3230 9089
          3214 9104 3203 9109 3196 9120 3184 9077
          3208 9075 3209 8977 3287 8977 3289 8999
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KJAN 261732
FFSJAN
MSC049-089-121-149-163-261825-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1230 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002

FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...

YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

UNTIL 1255 PM CDT.

AT 1228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A NEAR STATIONARY BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WESTERN 
HINDS COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR 2.5 INCHES 
HAVE OCCURRED IN ONE HOUR OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST HINDS COUNTY. 
ADDITIONAL BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE NORTHWEST OVER THE AREA 
AT NEAR 20 MPH. 

THE WARNING FOR YAZOO...HINDS...AND WARREN COUNTIES BE REISSUED 
SHOULD THIS HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE OVER THE SAME LOCATION. PEOPLE 
IN LOW-LYING AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOTORISTS SHOULD 
EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 12:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 5 more15 hr
Sep 26, 2:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar, Marion4 hr
Sep 26, 6:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar32 min
Sep 26, 6:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Lincoln3 hr
Sep 26, 7:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Hinds, Jefferson, Madison2 hr
Sep 26, 8:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba and 4 more3 hr
Sep 26, 9:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Lincoln3 hr
Sep 26, 12:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 5 more3 hr
Sep 26, 12:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln3 hr
Sep 26, 12:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 5 more2 hr
Sep 26, 12:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Warren, Yazoo2 hr
Sep 26, 3:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena and 5 more3 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.