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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Jackson, MS

June 13, 2003Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2003, 6:12 PM CDT for Marion 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
Jun 13, 2003, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2003, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 182 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2003-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1049 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 132314
FFWJAN
MSC091-140215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
612 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  COLUMBIA TO 12 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS
  NEARLY STATIONARY.

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE 
PAST HOUR.  HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 8 
PM...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES.  

FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...SECONDARY ROADS...CREEKS...AND 
DRAINAGE DITCHES IS LIKELY.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER 
COVERS THE ROADWAY...IT MAY BE TOO DEEP TO CROSS. 

LAT...LON 3143 8967 3133 9005 3114 9000 3120 8966

$$

CRAVEN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KJAN 140050
FFSJAN
MSC091-140215-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
745 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003

FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 915 PM CDT FOR...

MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

AT 745 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS 
MUCH OF MARION COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD BE OVER BY 9 PM 
THIS EVENING...WITH ANOTHER HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE. 

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 
THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS.  STORM TOTALS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS 
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES LIKELY RESULTED IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING 
AREAS...CREEKS...AND DRAINAGE DITCHES.  

FLOODING AT NIGHT IS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS.  DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES 
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

$$

CRAVEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah43 min
Jun 13, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson59 min
Jun 13, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams59 min
Jun 13, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin50 min
Jun 13, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Madison, Scott63 min
Jun 13, 5:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Jasper3 hr
Jun 13, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Newton58 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.