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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS

February 5, 2004Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 5, 2004, 10:26 AM CST for Scott County, Smith 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, 10:26 AM CST (16:26 UTC)
Expired
Feb 5, 2004, 4:30 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 051630
FFWJAN
MSC123-129-052230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1026 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SMITH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
  SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 1026 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM FROM 9 MILES EAST OF 
FOREST TO 14 MILES WEST OF MENDENHALL.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS 
NEARLY STATIONARY.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HOURLY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES 
WITH THIS LINE...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED INTO THE 
EARLY AFTERNOON.  STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED 
BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS 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 3207 8965 3207 8971 3237 8971 3259 8977
          3257 8932 3181 8933 3179 8965

$$

CRAVEN

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, 8:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln6 hr
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, 10:56 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.