Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jan 24, 2002, 10:01 AM CST for Grenada 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
- Jan 24, 2002, 10:01 AM CST (16:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2002, 1:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Grenada County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 241601 FFWJAN MSC043-241900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 958 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 100 PM CST * AT 958 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER GRENADA...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF GRENADA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 TO 4 HOURS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH 1 PM. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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 3371 9004 3370 8955 3386 8952 3387 8987
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KJAN 241805 FFSJAN MSC043-241900- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1204 PM CST THU JAN 24 2002 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1 PM. AT 12 PM...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF GRENADA COUNTY. HOWEVER...2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE MORNING AND SEVERAL ROADS WERE REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM DUE TO THE CONTINUATION OF ROAD FLOODING AS RAIN CONTINUES TO RUNOFF. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 3:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 27 min |
| Jan 24, 6:46 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 7:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leflore | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 8:10 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 8:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 8:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:46 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 11:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 11:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 51 min |
| Jan 24, 12:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 49 min |
| Jan 24, 1:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 42 min |
| Jan 24, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 59 min |
| Jan 24, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 34 min |
| Jan 24, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 49 min |
| Jan 24, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Simpson, Smith | 54 min |
| Jan 24, 2:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 29 min |
| Jan 24, 2:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 35 min |
| Jan 24, 2:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 35 min |
| Jan 24, 2:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jan 24, 3:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Marion, Smith | 25 min |
| Jan 24, 3:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 23 min |
| Jan 24, 3:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Jan 24, 3:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 29 min |
| Jan 24, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar | 36 min |
| Jan 24, 3:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Smith | 42 min |
| Jan 24, 3:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jan 24, 3:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 32 min |
| Jan 24, 3:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 40 min |
| Jan 24, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 33 min |
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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.