Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 70, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2003, 2:35 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 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 15, 2003, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2003, 4:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lincoln County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 684 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KJAN 151936 FFWJAN MSC085-152135- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 235 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 435 PM CDT * AT 235 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF LINCOLN COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. LAT...LON 3138 9029 3141 9058 3165 9066 3167 9031 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KJAN 152049 FFSJAN MSC085-152145- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 345 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 435 PM. AT 346 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS NOT OVER LINCOLN COUNTY...BUT A LARGER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING NORTH EASTWARD OUT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL EFFECT LINCOLN COUNTY BY 4 PM. COMMUNITIES AROUND BROOKHAVEN ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING MAJOR FLOODING WITH SEVERAL HOMES HAVING WATER IN THEM. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE CURRENT FLOODING AND CAUSE MORE FLOODING. EXPECT AND ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM. $$
000 WGUS74 KJAN 152138 FFSJAN MSC085-152142- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 437 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 4:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Simpson, Smith | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 5:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Scott | 119 min |
| Jun 15, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 6:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 112 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.