Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 103, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2003, 7:21 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2003, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2003, 9:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lauderdale County, MS, Newton County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 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 060023 FFWJAN MSC075-101-060220- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 721 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 920 PM CDT * AT 721 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN THE CITIES OF NEWTON AND MERIDIAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. 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 3251 8926 3224 8927 3224 8851 3250 8850 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KJAN 060130 FFSJAN MSC075-101-060220- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED WORDING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 827 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 920 PM FOR... NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AT 820 PM...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF NEWTON COUNTY AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY. LAUDERDALE COUNTY 911 REPORTED MINOR STREET FLOODING IN MERIDIAN AT 8 PM. DURING THE NEXT HOUR...ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS ANTICIPATED OVER THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING OF STREETS...LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY OCCUR. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. $$
000 WGUS74 KJAN 060224 FFSJAN MSC075-101-060315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 923 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NEWTON AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. AT 920 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN THREE AND SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS OVER CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY. CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO COLLECT THE RUNOFF FROM THESE EARLIER RAINS OVER THE NEXT HOUR. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 92 min |
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.