Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 5, 2004, 2:58 PM CST for 4 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
- Feb 5, 2004, 2:58 PM CST (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2004, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Copiah County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 845 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KJAN 052110 CCA
FFWJAN
MSC029-085-121-127-060200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
258 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 800 PM CST
* AT 255 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A
FLOWOOD...TO CRYSTAL SPRINGS...TO AUBURN LINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PARTS OF THE WARNED
COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE RAINFALL SHOULD NOT BE AS TORRENTIAL AS
THAT OBSERVED EARLIER TODAY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH AND
A HALF THIS EVENING WILL KEEP FLOOD PROBLEMS GOING.
MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
LAT...LON 3165 9064 3143 9038 3177 9026 3181 8972
3211 8975 3240 9002 3206 9023 3196 9036
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KJAN 060043
FFSJAN
MSC029-085-121-127-060200-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
645 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...
RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
UNTIL 800 PM CST.
AT 645 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE RAIN ALONG AND EAST OF A
FLOWOOD...TO CRYSTAL SPRINGS...TO AUBURN LINE. THE PRECIPITATION WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THIS EVENING SHOULD BE OVER EASTERN SIMPSON
COUNTY...WHERE ANOTHER HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAIN COULD OCCUR
THROUGH 8 PM. OVER THE REST OF THE WARNED AREA...LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF
RAIN WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER...HIGH WATER STILL EXISTS IN MANY
AREAS...AND RUNOFF IS CAUSING LARGER CREEKS AND STREAMS TO CONTINUE
TO RISE.
MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
LAT...LON 3165 9064 3143 9038 3177 9026 3181 8972
3211 8975 3240 9002 3206 9023 3196 9036
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2:08 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo | 42 min |
| Feb 5, 6:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 60 min |
| Feb 5, 7:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 59 min |
| Feb 5, 7:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 8:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 60 min |
| Feb 5, 8:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Feb 5, 8:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Feb 5, 8:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 8:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 8:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 59 min |
| Feb 5, 9:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin | 29 min |
| Feb 5, 9:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Feb 5, 9:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 9:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 59 min |
| Feb 5, 9:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 45 min |
| Feb 5, 9:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 19 min |
| Feb 5, 10:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Simpson | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 10:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 50 min |
| Feb 5, 10:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 11:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 45 min |
| Feb 5, 11:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 45 min |
| Feb 5, 11:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 11:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Smith | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 12:01 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 32 min |
| Feb 5, 12:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 12:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Newton | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 45 min |
| Feb 5, 1:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 59 min |
| Feb 5, 1:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 55 min |
| Feb 5, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 48 min |
| Feb 5, 1:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 66 min |
| Feb 5, 1:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 58 min |
| Feb 5, 2:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 2:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 37 min |
| Feb 5, 2:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 43 min |
| Feb 5, 3:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:26 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 43 min |
| Feb 5, 3:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 59 min |
| Feb 5, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 58 min |
| Feb 5, 4:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 4:26 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Smith | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 49 min |
| Feb 5, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 30 min |
| Feb 5, 5:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 36 min |
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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.