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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2008, 6:48 PM CDT for Hinds County, Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 117 min. 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
- May 22, 2008, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Madison, MS | SOME WATER WAS COVERING INTERSTATE 55 NEAR EXIT 108. |
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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 1608 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 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 222349 FFWJAN MSC049-089-121-230145- /O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0039.080522T2348Z-080523T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 648 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON... RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PEARL...FLOWOOD... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE JACKSON TO MADISON TO RESERVOIR AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GLUCKSTADT AND ANNANDALE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 3265 9022 3263 8991 3232 8989 3225 9019 TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 165DEG 3KT 3247 9005 $$ EEC
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KJAN 230021 FFSJAN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 720 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 MSC049-089-121-230145- /O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080523T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HINDS MS-RANKIN MS-MADISON MS- 720 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR MADISON...RANKIN AND HINDS COUNTIES... AT 716 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS THE JACKSON TO MADISON TO RESERVOIR AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN MORE FLASH FLOODING. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ANNANDALE AND CANTON ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3265 9022 3263 8991 3232 8989 3225 9019 TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 165DEG 3KT 3250 9006 $$ EEC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 45 min |
| May 22, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 47 min |
| May 22, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 33 min |
| May 22, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 34 min |
| May 22, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 49 min |
| May 22, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 18 min |
| May 22, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson | 38 min |
| May 22, 6:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 118 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.