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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Oct 10, 2002, 6:42 AM CDT for Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Washington 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
- Oct 10, 2002, 6:42 AM CDT (11:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2002, 9:40 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bolivar County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KJAN 101142
FFWJAN
MSC011-133-151-101440-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
639 AM CDT THU OCT 10 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 940 AM CDT
* AT 639 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LELAND...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE HALF INCH HAS FALLEN
SINCE MIDNIGHT ACROSS THIS AREA. CURRENT RADAR ESTIMATES OF OVER ONE
INCH PER HOUR IS FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THROUGH 940 AM...AN
ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE AS MORE SHOWERS DEVELOP AND MOVE
OVER THE SAME AREA.
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 3316 9099 3320 9076 3328 9075 3336 9060
3381 9049 3396 9049 3397 9066 3410 90782 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KJAN 101246 FFSJAN MSC011-133-151-101440- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 742 AM CDT THU OCT 10 2002 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 940 AM. AT 742 AM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CLEVELAND...MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH. SINCE MIDNIGHT...THIS AREA HAS RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. OVER THE LAST HOUR...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN. MORE HEAVY RAIN IS DEVELOPING BACK TO THE SOUTH AND WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THE HEAVY RAINFALL. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 940 AM. 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.
000 WGUS74 KJAN 101445 FFSJAN MSC011-133-151-101500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 940 AM CDT THU OCT 10 2002 FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR... BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AT 940 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS WERE BREAKING UP AND SHIFTING OUT OF THE AREA...MOVING TO NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE 20 MILE WIDE AREA FROM PARCHMAN TO SHAW HAS RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE ABOUT SUNRISE HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS SHOULD AVERAGE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF INCH PER HOUR. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE CROSSING THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD ALSO HELP DIMINISH THE CHANCES OF ANY MORE PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS. REMEMBER TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING WHERE WATER MAY STILL BE STANDING ON ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.
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.