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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2003, 12:48 PM CDT for Ashley County, Arkansas; Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. 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 17, 2003, 12:48 PM CDT (17:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2003, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ashley County, AR, Morehouse Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KJAN 171750
FFWJAN
ARC003-LAC067-172000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1248 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 1248 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HAMBURG TO 7 MILES NORTH OF BASTROP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.
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 3340 9199 3278 9200 3274 9165 3300 9147
3340 9146
$$3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KJAN 171907 FFSJAN ARC003-LAC067-172000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 201 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT FOR... ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AT 200 PM...RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR FROM PARKDALE TO WILMOT TO BONITA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL ELSEWHERE WAS AVERAGING ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ON TOP OF THE EARLIER AMOUNTS. COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. $$
000 WGUS74 KJAN 172007 FFSJAN ARC003-LAC067-172025- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 306 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003 FLASH FLOOD HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR... ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS ACROSS ASHLEY COUNTY AND MOREHOUSE PARISH HAS MOVED EAST. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
000 WGUS74 KJAN 172011 CCA FFSJAN ARC003-LAC067-172025- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 306 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003...COR HEADER... FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR... ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS ACROSS ASHLEY COUNTY AND MOREHOUSE PARISH HAS MOVED EAST. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Chicot | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | West Carroll | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2003Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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.