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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS

May 22, 2008Hinds County, Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 22, 7:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOODMadison, MSSOME 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2008-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1608 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2008-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes45 min
May 22, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Warren47 min
May 22, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson33 min
May 22, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith34 min
May 22, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Yazoo49 min
May 22, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke18 min
May 22, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Jefferson38 min
May 22, 6:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Yazoo118 min

Nearby

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