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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS

February 5, 2004Issaquena County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 5, 2004, 2:08 AM CST for Issaquena County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 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, 2:08 AM CST (08:08 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2004, 5:10 AM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Issaquena County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 050813
FFWJAN
MSC055-051110-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
208 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 510 AM CST

* AT 208 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER ISSAQUENA COUNTY AT 5 
MILES SOUTH OF MAYORSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN 
DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER THE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
IS EXPECTED FROM ADDITIONAL STORMS COMING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

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.

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 3262 9102 3254 9091 3260 9088 3276 9104

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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, 2:58 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln, Rankin, Simpson	5 hr
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.