Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 5, 2004, 10:04 AM CST for Simpson County, 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, 10:04 AM CST (16:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2004, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Simpson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KJAN 051606
FFWJAN
MSC127-052200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1004 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 400 PM CST
* AT 1004 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF
BROOKHAVEN TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MENDENHALL. THE AREA OF HEAVY
RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHWEST
SIMPSON COUNTY IN THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL HEAVY THUNDRESTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE COUNTY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WITH
STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.
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.
LAT...LON 3190 9012 3204 8980 3205 8966 3198 8967
3189 8989 3182 9012
$$
CRAVEN1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KJAN 051809 FFSJAN MSC127-052200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1207 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 PM CST. AT 1205 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF SIMPSON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF SIMPSON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SIMPSON COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 2 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES LIKELY DURING THAT TIME. THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2:08 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 3 hr |
| 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, 10:06 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.