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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2005, 6:47 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2005, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bolivar County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1276 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 232348
FFWJAN
MSC011-133-151-240145-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
647 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHAW...CLEVELAND
SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RULEVILLE...MOORHEAD...INDIANOLA...
DREW
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENVILLE AIRPORT
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 647 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SUNFLOWER...RENOVA...BOYLE AND BENOIT.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY OVER THE WARNED AREA AND COULD
QUICKLY DROP 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER SOME AREAS.
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.
AND REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3344 9047 3343 9105 3348 9107 3343 9110
3343 9116 3346 9111 3352 9116 3366 9112
3368 9102 3397 9047 3397 9047
$$
BANNAN3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KJAN 240014
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
713 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005
MSC011-133-151-240145-
BOLIVAR MS-SUNFLOWER MS-WASHINGTON MS-
713 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WASHINGTON...
SUNFLOWER AND BOLIVAR COUNTIES...
AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHAW...RULEVILLE...DREW...AND BOYLE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3344 9047 3343 9105 3348 9107 3343 9110
3343 9116 3346 9111 3352 9116 3358 9116
3386 9046
$$
BANNAN000
WGUS74 KJAN 240035
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
735 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005
MSC011-240045-
BOLIVAR MS-
735 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BOLIVAR COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3345 9047 3345 9092 3354 9086 3354 9078
3361 9074 3361 9067 3365 9064 3368 9059
3372 9047
$$
MSC133-151-240145-
SUNFLOWER MS-WASHINGTON MS-
735 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WASHINGTON
AND SUNFLOWER COUNTIES...
AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUNFLOWER.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3345 9047 3345 9092 3354 9086 3354 9078
3361 9074 3361 9067 3365 9064 3368 9059
3372 9047
$$
BANNAN000
WGUS74 KJAN 240118
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
817 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005
MSC133-151-240127-
SUNFLOWER MS-WASHINGTON MS-
817 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WASHINGTON AND SUNFLOWER COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT AND ARE NO LONGER
A THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3345 9047 3345 9092 3354 9086 3354 9078
3361 9074 3361 9067 3365 9064 3368 9059
3372 9047
$$
BANNANWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 23, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
500PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005
.DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
DEVELOPED AND ARE CONTINUING OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA...NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI...AND MUCH OF ARKANSAS. THIS HAS ALLOWED MANY AREAS
ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA TO AGAIN GET
INTO THE UPPER 90S. WITH THE TEMPS THIS WARM AND DEWPOINTS IN THE
LOWER 70S THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE AND UNTAPPED.
THIS EVENING AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS MOVE
ACROSS THIS UNTAPPED REGION LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT LIKELY LASTING INTO THE LATTER EVENING HOURS. WITH THE
AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY IN THE AIR...A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
BECOME STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH STRONG WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.
ANOTHER THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
AND FREQUENT TO ALMOST CONSTANT LIGHTNING.
AS THE 9 PM APPROACHES SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD START TO DIE
DOWN...ESPECIALLY WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. THAT SAID OVERALL
ACTIVITY WILL STILL LIKELY LAST PAST 9 PM.
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
HAVE A HARDER TIME DEVELOPING MAINLY DUE TO THE LACK OF LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE. THERE MAY BE A FEW STORMS ACROSS THAT AREA LATE TONIGHT AS
STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI PUSH SOUTH. /24/
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...EXPECT MOST OF THE CONVECTION TO DISSIPATE THIS
EVENING BY SUNSET BUT THERE SHOULD STILL BE SOME LINGERING ACTIVITY
IN THE NORTHERN AREAS ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. BY TOMORROW THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STILL BE LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTH DURING THE DAY.
THE GFS IS ALSO INDICATING THAT A SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI TOMORROW AFTERNOON. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES
ACROSS THE AREA WILL STILL BE NEAR 2.2 INCHES...ML CAPES WILL BE
BETWEEN 2000 TO 2400. WITH THESE FACTORS EXPECT AFTERNOON AND
EVENING CONVECTION TO ONCE AGAIN FORM WITH THE HIGHEST POPS IN THE
SOUTH WITH THE SEA BREEZE. FEEL THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY
FOR SEVERE BUT A STRONG STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. WILL GO AHEAD AND
ISSUE ANOTHER HEAT ADVISORY FOR TOMORROW FOR THE WESTERN AREAS
...TEMPS IN THE MID 90S AND DEW POINTS REMAINING IN THE LOW 70S
COMBINE FOR HEAT INDICES IN THE 105 TO 110 RANGE./#15/
THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...MODELS ARE CONTINUING TO BE CONSISTENT
WITH THE SEASONAL UPPER PATTERN THROUGH THE LONG TERM PERIOD.
HOWEVER THE UK...EUROPEAN...NOGAPS AND THE CANADIAN MODELS WERE
SHOWING SOME TYPE OF TROPICAL SYSTEM PUSHING INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO
AREA FOR THE LATER PART OF THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHILE
THE GFS TAKES IT UP THE EAST COAST. MANUAL PROGS TAKES THE SYSTEM TO
THE CENTRAL GULF THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SO EACH MODEL
HAD SOME DIFFERING SOLUTIONS ON THE PATH OF THE SYSTEM. SO HAVE
LITTLE CONFIDENCE ON THE AFFECTS OF THIS SYSTEM AT THIS TIME.
OTHERWISE BROAD UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION. THERE
WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION THROUGH THE
PERIOD. THE WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL PUSH TO THE SOUTH ON
THURSDAY. PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL RANGE FROM 1.7 TO 2.2 INCHES
THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE GFS TRIES TO SHOW AN MCS MOVING IN FROM THE
NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH A SHORT WAVE. WILL KEEP
SCATTERED POPS ONLY WITH THIS FEATURE. UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL REMAIN
WEAK AS WELL...WITH THE UPPER JET STAYING NORTH. BY SATURDAY...THE
UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL BE REDEVELOPING FROM THE WEST. WITH UPPER
RIDGE AROUND KEPT WITH LOW SCATTERED POPS DURING THE DAY AND MAINLY
ISOLATED POPS IN THE EVENING. THE GFS WAS GENERATING SOME
PRECIPITATION. SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LOOKS GENERALLY DRY WITH LOW
CHANCES OF DIURNAL CONVECTION. SO WENT CLOSE TO LOW POPS ON
GUIDANCE. AS FAR AS THE TROPICAL FEATURE IS CONCERN SINCE IT APPEARS
TO STAY EAST OF THE REGION...GOING TO LOWER POPS APPEARS TO BE THE
ROUTE TO TAKE...SINCE WE WILL BE ON THE DRY SIDE. GENERALLY WENT
WITH WITH GUIDANCE TEMPS AND ADJUSTED DEWPOINTS AND SKY COVER A
LITTLE.
/#17/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON 73 95 74 94 / 30 40 20 40
MERIDIAN 72 95 72 93 / 20 40 30 50
&&
.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY FOR MSZ034-MSZ035-MSZ040-MSZ041-
MSZ042-MSZ047.
LA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY FOR LAZ007-LAZ008-LAZ009-LAZ015-
LAZ016-LAZ023-LAZ024-LAZ025-LAZ026.
AR...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM TUESDAY FOR ARZ074-ARZ075.
&&
24/15/17Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 3:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 309 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 242009- ADAMS-ASHLEY-ATTALA-BOLIVAR-CARROLL-CATAHOULA-CHICOT-CHOCTAW- CLAIBORNE-CLARKE-CLAY-CONCORDIA-COPIAH-COVINGTON-EAST CARROLL- FORREST-FRANKLIN LA-FRANKLIN MS-GRENADA-HINDS-HOLMES-HUMPHREYS- ISSAQUENA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-JONES-KEMPER-LAMAR- LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEAKE-LEFLORE-LINCOLN-LOWNDES-MADISON LA- MADISON MS-MARION-MONTGOMERY-MOREHOUSE-NESHOBA-NEWTON-NOXUBEE- OKTIBBEHA-RANKIN-RICHLAND-SCOTT-SHARKEY-SIMPSON-SMITH-SUNFLOWER- TENSAS-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WEST CARROLL-WINSTON-YAZOO- 309 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER NORTH AND EAST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH IF HIGHWAY 82. A WEAK FRONTAL ZONE REMAINS OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION THIS AFTERNOON. A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING ALONG THE FRONTAL ZONE WILL HELP INITIATE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY...AND THESE STORMS MAY BECOME ORGANIZED AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON. DAYTIME HEATING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THEY COULD BECOME STRONG WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE DURING THE LATE EVENING. ...SEASONAL THREATS... THE COMBINATION OF HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR OR ABOVE 105 OVER MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY AND TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE HOTTEST WEATHER IS EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM FERRIDAY LOUISIANA TO YAZOO CITY AND GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI WHERE A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 5:56 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 556 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-034-035-040-041-240000- ASHLEY-BOLIVAR-CHICOT-EAST CARROLL-HUMPHREYS-ISSAQUENA-MOREHOUSE- SHARKEY-SUNFLOWER-WASHINGTON-WEST CARROLL- 556 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND MOVING INTO THE DELTA REGION... AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER BOLIVAR AND WASHINGTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. ALSO THEY ARE CONTINUING TO PULSE UP AND ARE BEING WATCHED CLOSELY AND MAY NEED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS. IN ADDITION TO THAT THERE ARE STRONG TO POSSIBLY EVEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF THE DELTA. ALL OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...FREQUENT TO CONSTANT LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND MAYBE EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BANNAN
Local storm report, Aug 23, 6:23 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
623 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM TSTM WND GST GOLDEN TRIANGLE AIRPORT 33.45N 88.59W
08/23/2005 57 MPH LOWNDES MS ASOS
GTR OBSERVATION REPORTED 57 MPH WIND GUST.
&&
WESTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 41 min |
| Aug 23, 3:50 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Washington, Yazoo | 15 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:59 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Washington, Yazoo | 27 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 63 min |
| Aug 23, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 57 min |
| Aug 23, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 43 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.