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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS

March 3, 2008Copiah County, Lincoln County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 3, 2008, 7:52 PM CST for Copiah County, Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 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: Mar 3, 2008, 7:52 PM CST (01:52 UTC)
Expired: Mar 3, 2008, 10:45 PM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Copiah County, MS, Lincoln County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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
Mar 3, 8:30 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Bogue Chitto, MS	SEVERAL RDS WERE COVERED BY WATER AROUND BOGUE CHITTO.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 78 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: 165 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 340 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 040154
FFWJAN
MSC029-085-040445-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0013.080304T0152Z-080304T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
752 PM CST MON MAR 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAZLEHURST...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BROOKHAVEN...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST

* AT 752 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   
  THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA AS ADDITIONAL
  THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA. THIS RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER LOCATIONS THAT
ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION EARLIER THIS EVENING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 
AUTOMOBILE.

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 3136 9063 3179 9062 3204 9024 3187 9015
      3180 9013 3173 9018 3171 9025 3151 9024
      3137 9027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 180DEG 0KT 3211 8930

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 6:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	48 min
Mar 3, 6:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	33 min
Mar 3, 7:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	23 min
Mar 3, 7:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	63 min
Mar 3, 8:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	47 min
Mar 3, 8:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin, Scott	23 min
Mar 3, 8:56 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	3 hr
Mar 3, 9:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	28 min
Mar 3, 9:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Rankin, Scott, Smith	52 min
Mar 3, 9:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	34 min
Mar 3, 9:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion	48 min
Mar 3, 9:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lamar, Marion	27 min
Mar 3, 9:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Smith	50 min
Mar 3, 9:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith	45 min
Mar 3, 9:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion	30 min
Mar 3, 10:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton	54 min
Mar 3, 10:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones	31 min
Mar 3, 10:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	54 min
Mar 3, 10:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	48 min
Mar 3, 10:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Jones	29 min
Mar 3, 10:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	52 min
Mar 3, 10:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	49 min
Mar 3, 11:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	35 min
Mar 3, 11:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	31 min
Mar 3, 11:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	32 min
Mar 3, 11:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper	25 min
Mar 3, 11:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	29 min
Mar 4, 9:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	23 hr
Mar 4, 10:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	3 days

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.