Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 96, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2003, 7:10 PM CDT for Forrest 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
- Jul 2, 2003, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2003, 9:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Forrest County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 1329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KJAN 030013 FFWJAN MSC035-030210- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 710 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 910 PM CDT * AT 710 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER BROOKLYN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WIGGINS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FORREST COUNTY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. 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 3092 8932 3093 8914 3121 8915 3120 8934 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KJAN 030107 FFSJAN MSC035-030210- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 802 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 910 PM FOR... FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AT 805 PM...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FORREST COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER 830 PM. HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND SECONDARY ROADS AS WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. $$
000 WGUS74 KJAN 030203 FFSJAN MSC035-030300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 902 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003 FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FORREST COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 910 PM... RADAR INDICATES THAT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FLASH FLOODING HAVE DISSIPATED AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT. $$
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.