Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2004, 2:03 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 8, 2004, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2004, 4:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Choctaw County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Webster County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 1503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 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 081905
FFWJAN
MSC019-097-105-155-082105-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
203 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 405 PM CDT
* AT 203 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEBSTER...MONTGOMERY...OKTIBBEHA AND
CHOTAW COUNTIES. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF UP TO TWO INCH OF RAIN
AN HOUR WERE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3353 8910 3356 8867 3330 8867 3330 8909
3322 8911 3322 8919 3313 8921 3313 8930
3330 8933 3331 8964 3341 8964 3344 8978
3368 8978 3368 8952 3361 8950 3372 8939
3372 8931
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KJAN 082007 FFSJAN MSC019-097-105-155-082105- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 303 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR... WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 405 PM. AT 305 PM RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW CLUSTERS OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THW WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF UP TO 2 INCH WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIER STORMS. ELEVEN CARS WERE FLOODED IN STARKVILLE WITH THESE STORMS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.