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Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Jackson, MS

June 15, 2003Scott County, Mississippi

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2003-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 684 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 2003-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln47 min
Jun 15, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson43 min
Jun 15, 2:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLincoln2 hr
Jun 15, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln30 min
Jun 15, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence52 min
Jun 15, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison49 min
Jun 15, 4:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin3 hr
Jun 15, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Simpson, Smith43 min
Jun 15, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith38 min
Jun 15, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton, Scott57 min
Jun 15, 6:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLauderdale112 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2003Every 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.