Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Dec 23, 2002, 9:05 PM CST for 13 counties in Mississippi; 6 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2002, 9:05 PM CST (03:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2002, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
All 21 counties
Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 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 240305 FFWJAN ARC003-017-LAC035-041-065-067-083-123-MSC011-015-043-051-053-055-083- 097-125-133-149-151-163-240900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 855 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA RICHLAND PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI 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 MONTGOMERY 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 ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 300 AM CST * AT 855 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER A LARGE AREA OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS CURRENTLY FROM FRANKLIN PARISH TO GRENADA COUNTY. 6 HOUR STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WHICH SHOULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREAMS...STREETS...AND DRAINAGE DITCHES OVERNIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. $$ CRAVEN
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KJAN 240616 FFSJAN ARC003-017-LAC035-041-065-067-083-123-MSC011-015-043-051-053-055-083- 097-125-133-149-151-163-240905- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1204 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2002 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR... ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA RICHLAND PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD FALL IN A BAND FROM FRANKLIN PARISH LOUISIANA TO HOLMES COUNTY MISSISSIPPI IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE ANTICIPATED. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT TOTAL RAINFALL OF ABOUT 3 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN BOLIVAR...SUNFLOWER...LEFLORE... AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...AND CHICOT COUNTY ARKANSAS. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE LIKELY FALLEN OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF RICHLAND AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS ANTICIPATED IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BOLIVAR AND SUNFLOWER COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI BY THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. $$ CRAVEN
000 WGUS74 KJAN 240903 FFSJAN ARC003-017-LAC035-041-065-067-083-123-MSC011-015-043-051-053-055-083- 097-125-133-149-151-163-241000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 301 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2002 FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 300 AM CST FOR... ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA RICHLAND PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI 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 MONTGOMERY 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 ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS OVER FOR THE NIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH IS ANTICIPATED. FLOOD WATERS SHOULD GRADUALLY RECEDE OVERNIGHT. $$ CRAVEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 8:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 28 min |
| Dec 23, 8:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 30 min |
| Dec 23, 9:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 43 min |
| Dec 23, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 29 min |
| Dec 23, 11:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 113 min |
| Dec 23, 11:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 30 min |
| Dec 24, 12:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 39 min |
| Dec 24, 1:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 38 min |
| Dec 24, 1:20 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 1:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 28 min |
| Dec 24, 1:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 31 min |
| Dec 24, 1:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 4 hr |
| Dec 24, 1:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Dec 24, 1:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 30 min |
| Dec 24, 1:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 35 min |
| Dec 24, 2:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 33 min |
| Dec 24, 2:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 39 min |
| Dec 24, 2:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 40 min |
| Dec 24, 2:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Dec 24, 2:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 2:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 33 min |
| Dec 24, 2:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 32 min |
| Dec 24, 2:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 30 min |
| Dec 24, 2:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Dec 24, 2:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 31 min |
| Dec 24, 2:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 17 min |
| Dec 24, 3:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 3:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 32 min |
| Dec 24, 3:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 30 min |
| Dec 24, 3:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 39 min |
| Dec 24, 3:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 42 min |
| Dec 24, 3:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 21 min |
| Dec 24, 4:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 18 min |
| Dec 23, 7:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Richland | 54 min |
| Dec 24, 1:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia | 42 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2002Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2002Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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.