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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Jackson, MS

April 7, 20037 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 7, 2003, 5:20 AM CDT for 7 counties in 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
Apr 7, 2003, 5:20 AM CDT (10:20 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2003, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2003-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 614 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2003-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 417 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
614 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
417 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
582 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
7.7

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 071022
FFWJAN
MSC069-075-079-099-101-121-123-071300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
520 AM CDT MON APR 7 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
  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 518 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM CENTRAL AND EAST RANKIN 
COUNTY EASTWARD THROUGH MERIDIAN AND DEKALB.

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED 
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR SINCE MIDDAY SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 
1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY 800 AM. 

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE RAINS SHOULD DIMINISH FROM THE WEST DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS.

LAT...LON 3221 9007 3254 8978 3292 8956 3292 8837
          3227 8845

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 7:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANChoctaw, Webster4 hr
Apr 6, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningJANFranklin, Jefferson, Lincoln43 min
Apr 6, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake57 min
Apr 6, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah43 min
Apr 6, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala44 min
Apr 6, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds, Rankin41 min
Apr 6, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah42 min
Apr 6, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln, Simpson49 min
Apr 6, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake, Scott59 min
Apr 6, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Winston42 min
Apr 6, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis28 min
Apr 6, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton56 min
Apr 6, 8:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANNeshoba, Newton, Winston6 hr
Apr 6, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith73 min
Apr 6, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Noxubee63 min
Apr 6, 9:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo6 hr
Apr 6, 9:21 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Jones54 min
Apr 6, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke55 min
Apr 6, 10:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala, Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott5 hr
Apr 6, 10:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale6 hr
Apr 7, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin44 min
Apr 7, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Newton59 min
Apr 7, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison58 min
Apr 7, 2:07 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale, Newton53 min
Apr 7, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison54 min
Apr 7, 2:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Madison, Neshoba and 4 more3 hr
Apr 7, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin42 min
Apr 7, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott44 min
Apr 7, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton46 min
Apr 7, 4:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Newton57 min
Apr 7, 4:13 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale47 min
Apr 7, 5:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton41 min
Apr 7, 6:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale44 min
Apr 7, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion43 min
Apr 7, 8:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis41 min
Apr 7, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion48 min
Apr 7, 10:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar62 min
Apr 7, 10:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Marion65 min
Apr 7, 10:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest59 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.