Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2002, 12:17 PM CDT for 5 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, 12:17 PM CDT (17:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2002, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lincoln County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 261717 FFWJAN MSC021-029-037-063-085-262015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1215 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 1215 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 17 MILES WEST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS TO 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCOMB...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. AT 1215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR THREE INCHES OVER SOME PARTS OF WESTERN COPIAH COUNTY. VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. 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 9059 3138 9062 3138 9113 3207 9107
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KJAN 261858 FFSJAN MSC021-029-037-063-085-261950- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 155 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 315 PM CDT. AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A NEAR- STATIONARY BAND OF STORMS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN CLAIBORNE COUNTY AND EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN CARPENTER AND DENTVILLE IN COPIAH COUNTY. AS THESE STORMS REMAIN NEAR-STATIONARY OVER THE SAME AREA...THEY WILL PRODUCE HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR ONE INCH. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVER LOW-LYING AREAS...ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND ESPECIALLY OVER STREETS AND ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
000 WGUS74 KJAN 261906 CCA FFSJAN MSC021-029-037-063-085-262015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 155 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002 CORRECTION TO EXPIRATION TIME FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 315 PM CDT. AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A NEAR- STATIONARY BAND OF STORMS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN CLAIBORNE COUNTY AND EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN CARPENTER AND DENTVILLE IN COPIAH COUNTY. AS THESE STORMS REMAIN NEAR-STATIONARY OVER THE SAME AREA...THEY WILL PRODUCE HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR ONE INCH. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVER LOW-LYING AREAS...ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND ESPECIALLY OVER STREETS AND ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
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, 9:28 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, 12:32 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.