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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2003, 11:03 PM CDT for 4 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
- Jun 11, 2003, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2003, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Carroll County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Sunflower County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1555 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KJAN 120405
FFWJAN
MSC015-051-083-133-120700-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1103 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 1103 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER
SUNFLOWER...LEFLORE...CARROLL...AND NORTHERN HOLMES COUNTIES.
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 5 INCHES HAVE
FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA.
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 3377 9063 3330 9075 3335 9045 3327 9023
3298 8996 3338 8972
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KJAN 120603 FFSJAN MSC015-051-083-133-120700- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 100 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003 FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR... SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AT 100 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED SOUTH OF THE THESE COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SHOULD BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH THROUGH 3 AM. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS SHOULD ALSO BE SUBSIDING HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS COULD MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST LATER DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 8:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leflore | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Simpson | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 59 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.