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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Jackson, MS

June 1, 2004Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2004, 6:54 AM CDT for Forrest County, Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2004, 6:54 AM CDT (11:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2004, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Forrest County, MS, Lamar County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2004-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2004-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-258 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.9

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 011154
FFWJAN
MSC035-073-011245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
654 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT

* AT 654 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
  INDICATE CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH ACROSS LAMAR AND FORREST COUNTIES.  
  SEVERAL HOMES IN FORREST AND LAMAR COUNTIES HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 
  FLOODING THIS MORNING.  IN ADDITION...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND 
  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO 
  HIGH WATER.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH CAN BE 
  EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SUMRALL TO PURVIS... 
  INCLUDING THE HATTIESBURG AREA.

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.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
IN JACKSON.

LAT...LON 3143 8914 3106 8915 3125 8951 3144 8966

$$

10

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 4:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar, Marion58 min
Jun 1, 5:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar56 min
Jun 1, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln30 min
Jun 1, 8:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion4 hr
Jun 1, 9:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis45 min
Jun 1, 9:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones, Lamar49 min
Jun 1, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion19 min
Jun 1, 10:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest27 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.