Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2009, 9:05 AM CDT for 8 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 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
- May 6, 2009, 9:05 AM CDT (14:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2009, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Attala County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leake County, MS, Madison County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 2140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.9
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KJAN 061405
FFWJAN
MSC007-051-053-055-079-089-125-163-061800-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0039.090506T1405Z-090506T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
905 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTH CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
* AT 903 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED
AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL
AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO TO SIX INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE
FEW DAYS AND THE GROUND IS SATURATED.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
SIX HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3303 9116 3301 8968 3305 8932 3293 8932
3263 9033 3259 9060 3262 9071 3258 9073
3255 9096 3258 9103 3264 9101 3260 9111
3265 9115 3273 9106 3277 9116 3284 9114
3288 9108 3298 9109 3291 9115 3292 9121
$$
BYB2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS54 KJAN 061758
FFWJAN
MSC007-051-053-055-079-089-125-163-061815-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-090506T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1258 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTH CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 115 PM CDT
* AT 1257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO BRING MODERATE TO LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL
AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE
PAST THREE HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GLEN
ALLAN...COXBURG...EBENEZER...NEWPORT...SMYRNA...ZAMA...SINGLETON...
THOMASTOWN...CAMERON...CAMDEN...VAUGHAN...BENTON...HOLLY BLUFF...
NITTA YUMA...GRACE...MIDWAY...PICKENS...GOODMAN AND ANGUILLA
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
SIX HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3303 9116 3301 8968 3305 8932 3293 8932
3263 9033 3259 9060 3262 9071 3258 9073
3255 9096 3258 9103 3264 9101 3260 9111
3265 9115 3273 9106 3277 9116 3284 9114
3288 9108 3298 9109 3291 9115 3292 9121
$$
BYB000
WGUS54 KJAN 061803
FFWJAN
MSC007-051-053-055-079-089-125-163-061915-
/O.EXT.KJAN.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-090506T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
103 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTH CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
ISSAQUENA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SHARKEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 102 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED
TO DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO
OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ESTIMATED RADAR
RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...HAVE
OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GLEN
ALLAN...COXBURG...EBENEZER...NEWPORT...SMYRNA...ZAMA...SINGLETON...
THOMASTOWN...CAMERON...CAMDEN...VAUGHAN...BENTON...HOLLY BLUFF...
NITTA YUMA...GRACE...MIDWAY...PICKENS...GOODMAN AND ANGUILLA
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE
NEXT HOUR WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3303 9116 3301 8968 3305 8932 3293 8932
3263 9033 3259 9060 3262 9071 3258 9073
3255 9096 3258 9103 3264 9101 3260 9111
3265 9115 3273 9106 3277 9116 3284 9114
3288 9108 3298 9109 3291 9115 3292 9121
$$
BYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith | 45 min |
| May 5, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 58 min |
| May 5, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 22 min |
| May 5, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 19 min |
| May 5, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | 15 min |
| May 5, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 50 min |
| May 5, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott | 38 min |
| May 5, 9:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 30 days |
| May 5, 9:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren | 32 days |
| May 5, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 51 min |
| May 5, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 42 min |
| May 5, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 38 min |
| May 5, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 43 min |
| May 5, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 41 min |
| May 6, 12:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery, Webster | 41 min |
| May 6, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Webster | 51 min |
| May 6, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Webster | 49 min |
| May 6, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 45 min |
| May 6, 5:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower | 7 hr |
| May 6, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster | 62 min |
| May 6, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 58 min |
| May 6, 6:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery and 3 more | 8 hr |
| May 6, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Holmes, Montgomery and 2 more | 67 min |
| May 6, 6:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 49 min |
| May 6, 6:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Holmes, Montgomery and 2 more | 4 hr |
| May 6, 6:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo | 53 min |
| May 6, 7:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Neshoba, Noxubee, Oktibbeha and 1 more | 54 min |
| May 6, 7:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston | 34 min |
| May 6, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison | 44 min |
| May 6, 7:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha | 49 min |
| May 6, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee | 60 min |
| May 6, 9:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 18 days |
| May 6, 9:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 20 days |
| May 6, 9:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 11 hr |
| May 6, 9:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 72 hr |
| May 6, 9:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clay | 4 days |
| May 6, 10:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Holmes, Montgomery and 2 more | 4 hr |
| May 6, 10:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 36 min |
| May 6, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 46 min |
| May 6, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 53 min |
| May 6, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 43 min |
| May 6, 11:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 70 hr |
| May 6, 11:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 31 days |
| May 6, 11:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 14 days |
| May 6, 11:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 57 hr |
| May 6, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 48 min |
| May 6, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 40 min |
| May 6, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 24 min |
| May 6, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 42 min |
| May 6, 12:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery | 115 min |
| May 6, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 50 min |
| May 6, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 57 min |
| May 6, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 52 min |
| May 6, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 27 min |
| May 6, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 50 min |
| May 6, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 52 min |
| May 6, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 24 min |
| May 6, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 45 min |
| May 6, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 42 min |
| May 6, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 18 min |
| May 6, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 13 min |
| May 6, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 40 min |
| May 6, 2:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery and 3 more | 12 hr |
| May 6, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 18 min |
| May 6, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 43 min |
| May 6, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 57 min |
| May 6, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 63 min |
| May 6, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 43 min |
| May 6, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 19 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.