Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2003, 2:40 PM CDT for Chicot County, Arkansas; Bolivar County, Washington 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, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2003, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chicot County, AR, Bolivar County, MS, Washington County, MS
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 171943
FFWJAN
ARC017-MSC011-151-172200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
240 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 240 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SHELBY TO 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF EUDORA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY BUILD EASTWARD. SEVERAL MERGERS
OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ALSO ENHANCE THE RAINFALL RATES.
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 3403 9096 3360 9132 3303 9146 3304 9095
3404 9066
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KJAN 172155 FFSJAN ARC017-MSC011-151-172205- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 452 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003 FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR... CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR BOLIVAR...WASHINGTON AND CHICOT COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE HEAVY RAINS RESPONSIBLE THE FLASH FLOODING HAVE MOVED NORTHWEST AND WEAKENED. AS A RESULT...RAIN FALL RATES HAVE DECREASED. ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Ashley | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 1:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2003Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.