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Flash Flood Warning 117, NWS Jackson, MS

September 3, 200811 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2008, 10:42 PM CDT for 11 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Sep 3, 2008, 10:42 PM CDT (03:42 UTC)
Expired: Sep 4, 2008, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Adams County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 4, 12:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Indianola, MS	A FEW COUNTY ROADS ARE FLOODED OVER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 78 minutes after it went out.

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 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 816 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 10.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 040342
FFWJAN
MSC001-021-037-051-053-063-083-125-133-149-163-040545-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0117.080904T0342Z-080904T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1042 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELZONI...
  YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  LEFLORE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ITTA BENA...
  SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RULEVILLE...MOORHEAD...INDIANOLA...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD...VICKSBURG...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE INDIANOLA TO        
  VICKSBURG TO JUST EAST OF NATCHEZ MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SUNNYSIDE...MONEY...QUITO...SWIFTOWN...BLAINE...MIDNIGHT...HOLLY
  BLUFF...OAK RIDGE...BOVINA...LE TOURNEAU...YOKENA...PATTISON...RED
  LICK...LORMAN...MCNAIR...STAMPLEY...HAMBURG...KIRBY...SUNFLOWER...
  PORT GIBSON...ISOLA...INVERNESS AND FAYETTE

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA BY MIDNIGHT.

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.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3372 9016 3213 9081 3139 9097 3138 9140
      3203 9107 3209 9115 3215 9100 3214 9112
      3222 9110 3237 9088 3238 9088 3235 9091
      3239 9101 3258 9097 3244 9096 3264 9069
      3268 9094 3311 9068 3374 9066

$$

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What 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 Sep 3, 10:16 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 10:16 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1016 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

.UPDATED...WILL CONTINUE BOTH FFA AND LWA FOR WRN PORTIONS OF THE
CWFA OVERNIGHT. TOR WW 887 REMAINS IN EFFECT W OF A COLUMBIA TO
ACKERMAN LINE AND EAST OF KGLH-KHEZ LINE TIL 07Z. PWATS HAVE ACTUALLY
DROPPED TO 2.2 INCHES BUT 0-3KM HELICITIES REMAIN BETTER THAN
400M*M/S*S ON 00Z JAN RAOB.  RAINFALL RATES HAVE BECOME VERY
IMPRESSIVE ONCE AGAIN ALONG THE PRIMARY CONVECTIVE BAND IN WRN MS.
KGLH HAS REPORTED 6.51 INCHES SINCE 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING
THEIR STORM TOTAL TO 9.48 INCHES. MOST OF CELLS HAVE SETTLED INTO A
NARROW LINEAR STRUCTURE ALONG THE PRIMARY BAND VERSUS PREVIOUS
TROPICAL SPIN UP TORNADOES. REST OF THE ACTIVITY OFF TO THE EAST HAS
DIED OUT WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. BARRING ANY ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
TO THE WEST...WILL CONTINUE TO TRIM BACK TOR WW FROM THE W AS THE
LINE PROGRESSES EWD ACROSS THE MS RIVER OVERNIGHT.

GUSTAV CIRCULATION DEFINITELY APPEARS TO BE MOVING STEADILY TOWARD
THE NE AND SHOULD EVENTUALLY GET US OUT OF THE CONSTANT POUNDING
ROUTINE BY THURSDAY NIGHT./40/

&&

.AVIATION...SCATTERED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING IFR
VISIBILITIES ACROSS MAINLY WRN HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY
MORNING. ALSO EXPECTING AREAS OF FOG/STRATUS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WITH
WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS AT MOST LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN
BANDS THROUGH AT LEAST DAYBREAK. MORE WIDESPREAD VFR PERIODS SHOULD
BE SEEN AT TIMES AFTER ABOUT 16Z THURSDAY WITH BROKEN CLOUDS AOA 3K
FEET AS RAIN BANDS BECOME FEWER AND LESS ORGANIZED OVER TIME./40/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       75  84  72  85 /  71  49  49  28
MERIDIAN      74  86  71  86 /  43  61  55  39
VICKSBURG     74  83  71  87 /  71  36  35  13
HATTIESBURG   76  86  73  87 /  41  72  48  34
NATCHEZ       76  82  72  86 /  71  41  29  15
GREENVILLE    75  82  71  85 /  82  39  29   8
GREENWOOD     76  82  71  84 /  72  50  41  19

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR MSZ018-019-025>028-
     034>037-040>044-047>050-053>057-059>066-072>074.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR MSZ018-019-025-
     034-035-040-041.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR LAZ007>009-015-016-
     023>026.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR LAZ007>009-015-
     016-023.

AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR ARZ074-075.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR ARZ074-075.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 2:57 PM CDT, 7 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
257 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

MSZ043>046-048>052-054>058-062>066-072>074-042000-
MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-
LAUDERDALE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE-
JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
257 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS THE AREA. TORNADOES WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISK. THE OUTER RAIN
BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTAV WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ROTATING STORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...BRIEF DOWNPOURS WILL BE
LIKELY. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUN-OFF AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

THERE WILL BE A RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AGAIN THURSDAY. A
COLD FRONT WILL DEVELOP JUST WEST OF THE AREA AND SLOWLY TRACK EAST
EARLY THURSDAY. THE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE EXTREMELY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BY THE
AFTERNOON...WHERE A FEW STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY

A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
THURSDAY EVENING. AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY TRACKS EAST THROUGH THE
MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...A FEW STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-034-040-041-047-053-
059>061-042000-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-
WASHINGTON-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-WARREN-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-
FRANKLIN MS-
257 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND WEST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

TORNADOES WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE OUTER RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTAV WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
ROTATING STORMS AND A FEW TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP. IN ADDITION...HEAVY
DOWNS POURS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL
AGGRAVATE FLOODING. AVOID FLOODED AREAS UNTIL WATER RECEDES. BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF MORE FLOODING DEVELOPS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

MSZ029>033-037>039-042000-
WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-
257 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR .

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

HEAVY DOWNPOURS ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTAV CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA TONIGHT. PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY IN URBAN AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.

THERE WILL BE A RISK OF STRONG STORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL
DEVELOP JUST WEST OF THE AREA AND SLOWLY TRACK EAST EARLY THURSDAY.
THE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BY THE AFTERNOON... WHERE A FEW
STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.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 AT THIS TIME.

MSZ019-025>028-035-036-042-042000-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-
YAZOO-
257 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS THE AREA. TORNADOES WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISK. THE OUTER RAIN
BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTAV WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ROTATING STORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...BRIEF DOWNPOURS WILL BE
LIKELY. THE GROUND AROUND THE REGION IS SATURATED. ANY ADDITIONAL
RAIN WILL RUN-OFF AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AVOID FLOODED AREAS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING DEVELOPS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 3, 6:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
623 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0601 PM     TORNADO          4 NE LAKE VILLAGE       33.37N 91.23W
09/03/2008                   CHICOT             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BRIEF TORNADO VIEWED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER. NO KNOWN
            DAMAGE.

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, Sep 3, 6:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
648 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     TORNADO          5 N JONESVILLE          31.70N 91.83W
09/03/2008                   CATAHOULA          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS OBSERVED TORNADO TOUCH DOWN 3
            SEPARATE TIMES NEAR THE WALLACE RIDGE COMMUNITY. NO
            DAMAGE REPORTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, Sep 3, 6:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
651 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0650 PM     FLOOD            LAKE VILLAGE            33.32N 91.28W
09/03/2008                   CHICOT             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            67 ROADS IN CHICOT COUNTY ARE UNDERWATER. NUMEROUS HOMES
            HAVE 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER IN THEM. SANDBAGGING OPERATIONS
            ARE CURRENTLY ONGOING.

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, Sep 3, 7:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
758 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0755 PM     FLASH FLOOD      GREENVILLE              33.39N 91.05W
09/03/2008                   WASHINGTON         MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NEARLY ALL STREETS IN GREENVILLE AND ROADS IN THE COUNTY
            HAVE WATER ON THEM. 5.87 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE
            MIDNIGHT...INCLUDING 3 INCHES SINCE ABOUT 6 PM.
            GREENVILLE METCALFE AIRPORT HAS HAD 2.42 INCHES IN THE
            LAST HOUR AND A TOTAL OF 3.02 SINCE 6 PM.

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, Sep 3, 8:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
833 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0832 PM     FLOOD            BASTROP                 32.77N 91.91W
09/03/2008                   MOREHOUSE          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS STATE AND PARISH ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
            US HIGHWAY 425 HAS WATER ACROSS IT AT THE ARKANSAS STATE
            LINE.

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, Sep 3, 9:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
917 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0916 PM     HEAVY RAIN       GREENVILLE              33.39N 91.05W
09/03/2008  M5.26 INCH       WASHINGTON         MS   ASOS

            RAINFALL SINCE 6 PM. 8.6 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT.

&&

GERARD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena	64 min
Sep 3, 7:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Warren	48 hr
Sep 3, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Issaquena	52 min
Sep 3, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Washington	14 min
Sep 3, 8:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	3 hr
Sep 3, 10:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Washington	18 hr
Sep 3, 11:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Grenada, Hinds and 7 more	3 hr
Sep 3, 11:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Yazoo	15 min
Sep 4, 12:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson, Leflore, Sharkey and 2 more	10 hr
Sep 4, 1:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln	3 hr
Sep 4, 2:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Madison, Montgomery and 1 more	114 min
Sep 4, 8:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Marion	3 hr
Sep 4, 2:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington	24 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2008 Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.