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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Jackson, MS

June 15, 2003Hinds County, Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2003, 4:02 PM CDT for Hinds County, Madison County, Rankin 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 15, 2003, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2003, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 12 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 152104
FFWJAN
MSC049-089-121-160000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
402 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 402 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTH JACKSON AND THE 
  MADISON RIDGELAND AREAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LINING UP AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO 
MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. EXPECT 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 3234 9034 3220 9018 3244 8980 3280 8991

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS74 KJAN 152332
FFSJAN
MSC049-089-121-160000-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
631 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003

FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR...

HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING HAVE 
DIMINISHED AND MOVE OUT OF THE AREA...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
HAS BEEN CANCELED.

$$

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, 2:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lincoln	2 hr
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, 4:12 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

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2003 Every 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.