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Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2003, 3:34 AM CDT for Kemper County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 6 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 30, 2003, 3:34 AM CDT (08:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2003, 9:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 300834 FFWJAN MSC069-075-301425- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 334 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 925 AM CDT * AT 334 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE KEMPER AND LAUDERDALE COUNTY LINE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER AREAS BETWEEN DE KALB AND MERIDIAN. WITH MORE BANDS OF RAIN EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND ANY CREEKS...STREAMS...OR LOW SPOTS. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON. LAT...LON 3222 8891 3224 8842 3292 8836 3292 8890 $$ 10
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KJAN 301112 FFSJAN MSC069-075-301405- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 610 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2003 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 925 AM. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND ARE MOVING NORTHWARD. THIS AREA OF RAINFALL WILL LIKELY EFFECT LAUDERDALE AND KEMPER COUNTIES BETWEEN 8 AND 9 AM. THIS AREA OF RAIN WILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES SINCE SUNDAY EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS MAY CAUSE ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS TO BECOME FLOODED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 11:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 6 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.