Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2003, 1:34 PM CDT for Grenada 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 17, 2003, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2003, 3:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Grenada County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 872 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 171835 FFWJAN MSC043-172035- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 134 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 335 PM CDT * AT 134 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES SOUTH OF GRENADA LAKE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF GRENADA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN LOCALIZED AREAS NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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 3369 8972 3377 8956 3398 8976 3382 8996 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KJAN 171928 FFSJAN MSC043-172035- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 230 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AT 230 PM...RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR FROM GRENADA EAST TO CORE SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTY WAS AVERAGING ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ON TOP OF THE EARLIER AMOUNTS. COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. $$
000 WGUS74 KJAN 172026 FFSJAN MSC043-172045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 325 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003 FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR... GRENADA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GRENADA COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE HEAVY RAINS RESPONSIBLE THE FLASH FLOODING HAVE MOVED WEST OF THE COUNTY AND RAIN FALL RATES HAVE DECREASED. ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 1:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 3 hr |
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.