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Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Jackson, MS

June 17, 2003Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2003, 1:52 PM CDT for Holmes 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, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2003, 3:55 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Holmes County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2003-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1579 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2003-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 171853
FFWJAN
MSC051-172055-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
152 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 355 PM CDT

* AT 152 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 12 MILES WEST OF           
  TCHULA...  OR ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF BELZONI.  THE AREA OF          
  THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR 
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3304 9035 3299 9002 3323 8984 3335 9022

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS74 KJAN 172033
FFSJAN
MSC051-172045-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
332 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003

FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR...

HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HOLMES COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE. THE HEAVY RAINS RESPONSIBLE THE FLASH FLOODING HAVE MOVED 
NORTHWEST 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes27 min
Jun 17, 1:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada2 hr
Jun 17, 2:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Washington2 hr
Jun 17, 3:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANSunflower3 hr

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.