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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

January 10, 2008Covington County, Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jan 10, 2008, 3:44 PM CST for Covington County, Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 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
Jan 10, 2008, 3:44 PM CST (21:44 UTC)
Expired
Jan 10, 2008, 5:45 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Covington County, MS, Jones County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2008-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 315 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2008-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
315 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KJAN 102239 CCA
FFWJAN
MSC031-067-102345-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0002.080110T2144Z-080110T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
344 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUREL...ELLISVILLE...

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 344 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 
POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM SANDERSVILLE TO 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANFORD...OR ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAUREL TO COLUMBIA...MOVING   
EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...
  SANDERSVILLE AND LAUREL BY 350 PM CST...
  SANFORD BY 400 PM CST...
  ELLISVILLE BY 410 PM CST...
  TUCKERS CROSSING AND MOSELLE BY 425 PM CST...
  MILL CREEK BY 435 PM CST...
  OVETT BY 530 PM CST...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THIS RAIN WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO 
THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVER SOME OF THIS 
GROUND SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. 

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.

LAT...LON 3147 8958 3159 8957 3180 8909 3182 8893
      3145 8894 3144 8957
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 257DEG 19KT 3176 8906 3130 8976

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 10:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren45 min
Jan 10, 10:41 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson49 min
Jan 10, 10:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey, Yazoo62 min
Jan 10, 11:06 AM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo54 min
Jan 10, 11:11 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln64 min
Jan 10, 11:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren27 min
Jan 10, 11:24 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Hinds66 min
Jan 10, 11:29 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne14 min
Jan 10, 11:41 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Leake, Madison64 min
Jan 10, 11:44 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson46 min
Jan 10, 11:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin53 min
Jan 10, 11:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion80 min
Jan 10, 12:06 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin54 min
Jan 10, 12:15 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin, Simpson, Smith45 min
Jan 10, 12:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston49 min
Jan 10, 12:40 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMarion50 min
Jan 10, 12:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson41 min
Jan 10, 12:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Holmes55 min
Jan 10, 12:50 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake, Madison, Rankin, Scott55 min
Jan 10, 12:58 PM CSTTornado WarningJANOktibbeha47 min
Jan 10, 1:06 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jones39 min
Jan 10, 1:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion42 min
Jan 10, 1:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Hinds38 min
Jan 10, 1:22 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence53 min
Jan 10, 1:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin52 min
Jan 10, 1:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Winston39 min
Jan 10, 1:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Lamar, Marion44 min
Jan 10, 1:32 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClay, Lowndes43 min
Jan 10, 1:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin38 min
Jan 10, 1:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar62 min
Jan 10, 1:51 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar54 min
Jan 10, 1:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper50 min
Jan 10, 1:59 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis46 min
Jan 10, 2:12 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes22 min
Jan 10, 2:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion35 min
Jan 10, 2:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee48 min
Jan 10, 2:32 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee43 min
Jan 10, 2:39 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones36 min
Jan 10, 2:40 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Jones, Smith35 min
Jan 10, 2:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke46 min
Jan 10, 2:49 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones26 min
Jan 10, 2:58 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Jones47 min
Jan 10, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion15 min
Jan 10, 3:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Jones, Smith42 min
Jan 10, 3:44 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jones2 hr
Jan 10, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones45 min
Jan 10, 3:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke40 min
Jan 10, 4:05 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke25 min
Jan 10, 4:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar20 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.