Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 24, 2003, 8:24 PM CDT for 16 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 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 24, 2003, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2003, 2:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Attala County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Madison County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Warren County, MS, Winston County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 1927 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.7
- Supercell composite
- 18.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KJAN 250126
FFWJAN
MSC007-021-029-049-063-069-075-079-089-099-101-103-121-123-149-159-
250725-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
824 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 225 AM CDT
* AT 824 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER A LARGE
PORTION OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE
MID DAY THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORM CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI AND ARE TRACKING TO THE NORTHEAST OVER THE LOCATIONS
THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. THESE ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL
POSSIBLY BRING ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES TO THE REGION.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.
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 3194 9105 3183 9120 3181 9048 3212 9027
3240 8981 3237 8854 3329 8849 3310 8915
3314 8965 3251 9023 3223 9089
$$2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KJAN 250344 FFSJAN MSC007-021-029-049-069-075-079-089-099-101-103-121-123-149-159- 250740- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1045 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003 FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR... CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR... HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AT 1045 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR JACKSON TO NEAR DE KALB. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM CANTON TO KOSICUSKO TO LOUISVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SURFACE REPORTS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD IN THE WARNING AREA TODAY...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PARTS OF RANKIN...LEAKE AND NESHOBA COUNTIES ALREADY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL ONLY WORSEN FLASH FLOOD CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE FLOOD WATERS ACROSS THE ROAD.
000 WGUS74 KJAN 250621 FFSJAN MSC075-101-250900- STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 121 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2003 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AT 115 AM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CITY OF MERIDIAN AND A GOOD PORTION OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY. THERE WAS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF NEWTON COUNTY. OVER THE PAST HOUR...THE CITY OF MERIDIAN HAS RECEIVED JUST OVER 2 INCHES. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WILL MOVE OVER NEWTON AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 4 AM...WHICH WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING PROBLEMS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 9 min |
| Apr 24, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 10:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 11:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 28 min |
| Apr 24, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 28 min |
| Apr 24, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey | 79 min |
| Apr 25, 12:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 71 min |
| Apr 25, 12:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 21 min |
| Apr 25, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 47 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.