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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS

February 5, 20044 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 5, 2004, 8:40 AM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 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, 8:40 AM CST (14:40 UTC)
Expired
Feb 5, 2004, 3:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lincoln County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2004-02-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2004-02-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 547 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 051651 CCA
FFWJAN
MSC029-037-063-085-052100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED EXPIRATION IN UGC HEADER...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
840 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 300 PM CST

* AT 840 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM FROM 5 MILES WEST OF 
HAZLEHURST TO 15 MILES EAST OF NATCHEZ. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS 
NEARLY STATIONARY.

RADAR INDICATED THAT TRAINING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 
CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS.  RADAR ESTIMATES 
INDICATE THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN PARTS OF 
THE WARNED AREA...MAINLY IN THE PAST HOUR.  STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 
INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS THIS AFTERNOON. 

FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS 
UNDERPASSES AND SECONDARY ROADS IS LIKELY.  DO NOT CROSSES FLOODED 
ROADWAYS AS THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. 

LAT...LON 3155 9114 3176 9115 3182 9094 3178 9073
          3189 9072 3200 9036 3157 9036 3144 9104

$$

CRAVEN
3 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS74 KJAN 051707
FFSJAN
MSC029-037-063-085-052000-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1101 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004

FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...

JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

UNTIL 3 PM CST.

AT 11 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 
WARNED COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN THIS AREA THIS MORNING HAS 
BEEN ACROSS COPIAH...NORTHWEST LINCOLN...EASTERN JEFFERSON...AND 
NORTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTIES. TWO AND A HALF TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN...AND FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THESE AREAS.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 
11 AM AND 1 PM ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN 
LIKELY OVER LINCOLN AND COPIAH COUNTIES. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE FLOOD 
PROBLEMS ALREADY IN PROGRESS ACROSS THE AREA.

$$
000 
WGUS74 KJAN 051815
FFSJAN
MSC029-037-063-085-052100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1214 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004

FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...

JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

UNTIL 3 PM CST.

AT 1210 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 
WARNED COUNTIES. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN
OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...AND FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. 
5.55 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT AN OBSERVATION SITE NEAR CRYSTAL 
SPRINGS IN COPIAH COUNTY.

RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS LINCOLN...SOUTHEAST COPIAH...AND SOUTHEAST FRANKLIN
COUNTIES THROUGH AT LEAST 2 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO
3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY IN THESE AREAS. THIS WILL CAUSE SERIOUS
FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HOMES AND BUSINESSES
IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS TO BECOME FLOODED.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED 
AREAS  MOST FLASH FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  IF YOU 
ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA AND WATER IS RISING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 
IMMEDIATELY

$$
000 
WGUS74 KJAN 052026
FFSJAN
MSC029-037-063-085-052100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
225 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004

FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...

JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

UNTIL 300 PM CST.

AT 220 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 
WARNED COUNTIES. THREE TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN
OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...AND FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. 

RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 
WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES...AND TO THE 
SOUTHWEST OF THE WARNED COUNTIES OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND 
EASTERN LOUISIANA.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH WILL OCCUR 
OVER THE WARNED COUNTIES THROUGH 4 PM. THIS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS 
FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HOMES AND BUSINESSES 
IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS TO BECOME FLOODED. THE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE 
EXTENDED FOR AT LEAST SOME OF THE AREA.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED 
AREAS  MOST FLASH FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  IF 
YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA AND WATER IS RISING...MOVE TO HIGHER 
GROUND IMMEDIATELY

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 2:08 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANIssaquena3 hr
Feb 5, 2:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo42 min
Feb 5, 6:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams60 min
Feb 5, 7:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Jefferson59 min
Feb 5, 7:51 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams6 hr
Feb 5, 8:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Franklin, Jefferson60 min
Feb 5, 8:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln57 min
Feb 5, 8:23 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln57 min
Feb 5, 8:31 AM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison39 min
Feb 5, 8:56 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson59 min
Feb 5, 9:06 AM CSTTornado WarningJANFranklin29 min
Feb 5, 9:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson28 min
Feb 5, 9:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Rankin6 hr
Feb 5, 9:16 AM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin59 min
Feb 5, 9:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah45 min
Feb 5, 9:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln19 min
Feb 5, 10:04 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANSimpson6 hr
Feb 5, 10:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Simpson39 min
Feb 5, 10:20 AM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin, Simpson50 min
Feb 5, 10:26 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANScott, Smith6 hr
Feb 5, 10:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln44 min
Feb 5, 11:05 AM CSTTornado WarningJANScott, Smith45 min
Feb 5, 11:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah45 min
Feb 5, 11:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson44 min
Feb 5, 11:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Smith44 min
Feb 5, 12:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANNeshoba3 hr
Feb 5, 12:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson32 min
Feb 5, 12:20 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams6 hr
Feb 5, 12:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith39 min
Feb 5, 12:41 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANNewton4 hr
Feb 5, 1:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton45 min
Feb 5, 1:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson59 min
Feb 5, 1:05 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper, Newton55 min
Feb 5, 1:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee48 min
Feb 5, 1:24 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale66 min
Feb 5, 1:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith58 min
Feb 5, 2:01 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith39 min
Feb 5, 2:03 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith37 min
Feb 5, 2:14 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLawrence3 hr
Feb 5, 2:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper43 min
Feb 5, 2:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln, Rankin, Simpson5 hr
Feb 5, 3:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANNeshoba5 hr
Feb 5, 3:26 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Noxubee6 hr
Feb 5, 3:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton43 min
Feb 5, 3:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale, Newton59 min
Feb 5, 4:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Smith58 min
Feb 5, 4:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper44 min
Feb 5, 4:26 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Smith4 hr
Feb 5, 4:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANJefferson Davis4 hr
Feb 5, 4:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale49 min
Feb 5, 5:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper30 min
Feb 5, 5:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLauderdale, Newton4 hr
Feb 5, 5:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLawrence4 hr
Feb 5, 5:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale36 min

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.