Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2002, 3:01 PM CDT for 11 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, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2002, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 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 262001 FFWJAN MSC011-015-043-051-053-055-083-125-133-151-163-262300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 300 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 300 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 27 MILES NORTHEAST OF DREW TO 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROLLING FORK. THESE STORMS ARE GRADUALLY SHIFTING NORTHWEST AS NEW STORMS ARE FORMING OVER THE SAME AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR ONE INCH OCCURRING IN AN HOUR AT MANY LOCATIONS. VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM 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 3385 8986 3257 9052 3308 9122 3505 9063
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KJAN 262331 FFSJAN MSC011-015-043-051-053-055-083-125-133-151-163-270030- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 630 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR... BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA AND NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.
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, 12:17 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 |
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.