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Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Jackson, MS

July 8, 20044 counties in Mississippi

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2004-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1503 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2004-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott47 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.