Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 94, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2003, 12:49 AM CDT for 6 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 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
- Jul 1, 2003, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2003, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Scott County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 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 010558 FFWJAN MSC069-075-079-099-101-123-011100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1249 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 600 AM CDT * AT 1249 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH AN HOUR WERE COMMON OVER THE WARNED AREA. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. LAT...LON 3288 8967 3227 8962 3229 8844 3293 8840 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KJAN 010822 FFSJAN MSC069-075-079-099-101-123-011100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 314 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2003 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WIDESPREAD RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 1 INCH AN HOUR WERE STILL OCCURRING AT SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. $$
000 WGUS74 KJAN 011009 FFSJAN MSC069-075-079-099-101-123-011100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 509 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2003 FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SCOTT AND LEAKE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NEWTON...LAUDERDALE...KEMPER...AND NESHOBA COUNTIES AT 505 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HAS DECREASED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 10:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 10:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Jones | 6 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.