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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS New Orleans, LA

October 10, 2002Hancock County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 10, 2002, 9:19 AM CDT for Hancock County, Mississippi. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 10, 2002, 9:19 AM CDT (14:19 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 2002, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 27 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2002-10-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2144 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2002-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KLIX 101419
FFWNEW
MSC045-101615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
917 AM CDT THU OCT 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DIAMONDHEAD

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 913 AM CDT...THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED FLOODING NEAR DIAMOND 
HEAD ALONG KILN DELISLE ROAD. THE STORM IS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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.