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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2004, 8:11 PM CDT for Hinds County, Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 4 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
- May 14, 2004, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2004, 12:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 824 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KJAN 150114
FFWJAN
MSC049-089-121-150510-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
811 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 1210 AM CDT
* AT 811 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE JACKSON
METRO AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO TWO AND ONE
HALF INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
PASS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.
LAT...LON 3206 9073 3207 9005 3265 8975 3288 8974
3288 8994 3271 9007 3264 9029 3250 9046
3255 9047 3248 9057 3235 9063 3235 9069
$$3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KJAN 150218 FFSJAN MSC049-089-121-150510- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 915 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2004 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1210 AM CDT FOR... HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AT 915 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE JACKSON METRO AREA. NEARLY FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF HINDS COUNTY IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO SHOULD FOCUS ALONG THE EASTERN HINDS AND RANKIN COUNTY BORDER...AND IN THE MADISON AND RIDGELAND AREA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO BRANDON AND THE RESERVOIR AREA AS THE EVENING WEARS ON. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IN THE JACKSON METRO AREA THIS EVENING. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS $$
000 WGUS74 KJAN 150336 FFSJAN MSC049-089-121-150510- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1030 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2004 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1210 AM CDT FOR... HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AT 1030 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THE INTENSITY OF THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE PAST HOUR...BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IS STILL LIKELY UNTIL MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER MADISON AND RANKIN COUNTIES. CONSIDERABLE FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE FLOODED ROADS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. $$
000 WGUS74 KJAN 150449 FFSJAN MSC049-089-121-150510- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1145 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2004 FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELED FOR... HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THE LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST HOUR. RAINFALL RATES OVER THE JACKSON METRO AREA HAVE FALLEN TO LESS THAN THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH PER HOUR. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS HAVE GREATLY DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HINDS...RANKIN...AND MADISON IS CANCELED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 4 hr |
| May 14, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 28 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.