Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 12, 2004, 9:27 PM CDT for Leflore County, Sunflower County, 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
- Sep 12, 2004, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2004, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Leflore County, MS, Sunflower County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 2155 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 130227 FFWJAN MSC083-133-130430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 927 PM CDT SUN SEP 12 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RULEVILLE * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF SUNFLOWER ALONG THE LEFLORE AND SUNFLOWER COUNTY LINE. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3355 9042 3370 9030 3384 9050 3366 9065 $$ BRYANT
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KJAN 130355 FFSJAN MSC083-133-130400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1050 PM CDT SUN SEP 12 2004 FLASH FLOOD HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR... SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR SUNFLOWER AND LEFLORE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELED. STORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE DISSIPATED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay | 35 min |
| Sep 12, 10:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 3 hr |
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.