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Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2008, 7:01 AM CDT for Washington County, Mississippi; Chicot County, Arkansas. 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
- Sep 3, 2008, 7:01 AM CDT (12:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chicot County, AR, Washington County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 842 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KJAN 031201
FFWJAN
ARC017-MSC151-031500-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0113.080903T1201Z-080903T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
701 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...AVON...LELAND...GREENVILLE...
CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...DERMOTT...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 658 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
NORTH OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN AN HOUR WITH THE HEAVIEST
SHOWERS...AND THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER
THE LAST TWO DAYS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CHICOT COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING
IS ALSO ONGOING ACROSS CHICOT COUNTY AS REPORTED BY CHICOT COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MCMILLAN
CORNER...LAMONT...WINTERVILLE...WAYSIDE AND METCALFE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA AS THIS HEAVIER BAND OF RAIN MOVES NORTHWARD THIS
MORNING.
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
JACKSON.
LAT...LON 3356 9135 3352 9134 3354 9133 3351 9127
3352 9125 3356 9124 3354 9121 3354 9088
3311 9087 3311 9091 3302 9092 3302 9145
3356 9144
$$
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 7:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin | 119 min |
| Sep 2, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Sep 2, 8:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 11:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Issaquena, Jefferson, Sharkey and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 11 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Issaquena, Jefferson, Sharkey and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Issaquena, Jefferson, Sharkey and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 30 min |
| Sep 3, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Sep 3, 1:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 46 min |
| Sep 3, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 30 min |
| Sep 3, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin | 50 min |
| Sep 3, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin | 21 min |
| Sep 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Washington | 45 min |
| Sep 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Sep 3, 6:13 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 42 min |
| Sep 3, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 55 min |
| Sep 3, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 4 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 45 min |
| Sep 3, 7:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Ashley | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2008Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008
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.