Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 99, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Dec 9, 2004, 4:10 AM CST for Kemper County, Neshoba County, Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 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
- Dec 9, 2004, 4:10 AM CST (10:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2004, 7:15 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kemper County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1274 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KJAN 091013 FFWJAN MSC069-099-101-091315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 410 AM CST THU DEC 9 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 715 AM CST * AT 410 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NESHOBA AND DE KALB. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO A SWATH OF 3 TO 5 INCHES THAT FELL LAST EVENING FROM WEST OF DECATUR TO WEST OF DE KALB. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. TURN AROUND. DONT DROWN LAT...LON 3226 8932 3292 8836 3292 8892 3270 8931 $$ CRAVEN
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KJAN 091205 FFSJAN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 602 AM CST THU DEC 9 2004 MSC069-099-101-091315- NEWTON MS-KEMPER MS-NESHOBA MS- 602 AM CST THU DEC 9 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 AM CST FOR NESHOBA... KEMPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES... AT 559 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM OVERNIGHT RAINFALL SHOULD CONTINUE FOR A FEW HOURS. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT STORM TOTALS OVERNIGHT AVERAGED ABOUT 3 INCHES OVER NESHOBA...KEMPER...AND THE NORTHWEST HALF OF NEWTON COUNTIES. HOWEVER...MAXIMUM RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES FELL FROM CONEHATTA TO LITTLE ROCK AND DE KALB. RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. LAT...LON 3226 8932 3292 8836 3292 8892 3270 8931 $$ CRAVEN
000 WGUS74 KJAN 091309 FFSJAN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 706 AM CST THU DEC 9 2004 MSC069-099-101-091330- NEWTON MS-KEMPER MS-NESHOBA MS- 706 AM CST THU DEC 9 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NESHOBA...KEMPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 AM CST... AT 704 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. LINGERING SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER QUARTER INCH OF RAIN. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LAT...LON 3226 8932 3292 8836 3292 8892 3270 8931 $$ CRAVEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 9:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper | 3 hr |
| Dec 8, 11:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 48 min |
| Dec 9, 12:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 40 min |
| Dec 9, 12:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 12:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Warren | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:06 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin | 4 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 4 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Simpson | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 46 min |
| Dec 9, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Madison | 80 min |
| Dec 9, 3:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 45 min |
| Dec 9, 3:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 33 min |
| Dec 9, 4:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 28 min |
| Dec 9, 4:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 50 min |
| Dec 9, 4:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 28 min |
| Dec 9, 4:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 36 min |
| Dec 9, 4:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 47 min |
| Dec 9, 5:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 55 min |
| Dec 9, 5:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Dec 9, 5:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 22 min |
| Dec 9, 6:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 40 min |
| Dec 9, 6:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 26 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.