Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2003, 5:11 PM CDT for Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 119 min. 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, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2003, 7:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Scott County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 152212
FFWJAN
MSC123-160010-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
511 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 710 PM CDT
* AT 511 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MORTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF...ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE
LIKELY WHICH WILL QUICKLY BECOME RUNOFF DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS
AND ALREADY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS.
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.
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 3224 8963 3230 8971 3246 8973 3257 8966
3257 8934 3230 8934
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KJAN 160001 FFSJAN MSC123-160010- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 700 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR... SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE DIMINISHED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$
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, 4:02 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, 5:28 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.