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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Oct 28, 2002, 6:13 PM CST for Clarke County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 4 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 28, 2002, 6:13 PM CST (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2002, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clarke County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 969 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KJAN 290013 FFWJAN MSC023-075-290405- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 613 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1000 PM CST * AT 613 PM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED RAINFALL RAIN COVERING A FEW ROADS IN CLARKE COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER CLARK AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. FLOODING OF ROADS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH 10 PM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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 3185 8890 3187 8849 3256 8842 3256 8888
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KJAN 290155 FFSJAN MSC023-075-290400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 800 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY AND CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM CST... EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL TAPERED OFF BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM THIS EVENING... SHORTLY BEFORE 8 PM...RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR MOVING INTO THE WARNING AREA. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE A BREAK IN THE RAINFALL ARRIVES ABOUT 930 PM. AREAS OF SOUTHERN LAUDERDALE AND NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 11 SHOULD CONTINUE AND MAY WORSEN THROUGH 10 PM. WHILE THE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE BY 10 PM...MORE HEAVY RAIN IS STILL LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU LIVE IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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 290347 FFSJAN MSC023-075-290400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 940 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CANCELED FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY AND CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVERNIGHT... RAINFALL TAPERED OFF BETWEEN 9 AND 930 PM THIS EVENING AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FOR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI WILL PROBABLY OCCUR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. FORTUNATELY...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT ONLY AROUND ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF LAUDERDALE AND CLARKE COUNTIES SINCE 8 PM. THE HARDEST HIT AREAS OF SOUTHERN LAUDERDALE AND NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. IF YOU LIVE IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING...BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS AGAIN LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 7:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 29 min |
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.