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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2004, 9:18 AM CDT for Clay County, Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2004, 9:18 AM CDT (14:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2004, 11:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, MS, Lowndes County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 10:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 E West Point, MS | WATER WAS OVER A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 50 E IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KJAN 071419 FFWJAN MSC025-087-071620- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 918 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1120 AM CDT * AT 917 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER COLUMBUS AFB...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS AFB...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 6 AM. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE DEVELOPING BACK TO THE NORTHWEST AND WILL MOVE OVER THE AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE HEAVIEST RAIN. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1120 AM. 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 3368 8865 3358 8867 3341 8830 3368 8828 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KJAN 071531 FFSJAN MSC025-087-071620- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1030 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2004 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1120 AM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN CLAY COUNTY AND CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY. SINCE 6 AM...2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THESE AREAS. SEVERAL STREETS AND ROADS IN LOWNDES COUNTY HAVE BEEN FLOODED. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 1120 AM BUT THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED NOT TO BE AS HEAVY AS EARLIER RAINS. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 117 min |
| Jun 7, 7:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 62 min |
| Jun 7, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 15 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.