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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 21, 2003, 9:00 AM CST for Jefferson Davis County, Lawrence County, Lincoln 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
- Feb 21, 2003, 9:00 AM CST (15:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2003, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 504 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KJAN 211502
FFWJAN
MSC065-077-085-211800-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
900 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 12 PM CST
* AT 856 AM CST...OFFICIALS IN LINCOLN COUNTY REPORTED SEVERAL
COUNTY ROADS FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4
INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THIS RAINFALL WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. MORE RAIN WAS REDEVELOPING OVER THE SAME
AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON.
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 3165 9060 3138 9053 3142 8999 3149 8963
3163 8979 3176 8980
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KJAN 211617 FFSJAN MSC065-077-085-211800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1015 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2003 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM FOR... LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THE RAINFALL HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY BUT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT SINCE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL ON THE SATURATED SOILS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 6:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 39 min |
| Feb 21, 11:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 37 min |
| Feb 21, 12:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Feb 21, 1:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:12 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson, Smith | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:18 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 5:01 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 5:48 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln | 6 hr |
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.