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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Jackson, MS

February 27, 200925 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood watch at Feb 27, 2009, 3:37 AM CST for 25 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 27, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 2009, 3:37 AM CST (09:37 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 27, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 28, 2009, 3:00 AM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Flood severity
None
All 25 counties

Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 189 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2009-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 170 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2009-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 290 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
170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-308 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
332 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Feb 26, 10:25 PM CST, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 10:25 PM CST, 5 hours 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 27, 3:16 AM CST, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
316 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

MSZ018-270945-
BOLIVAR MS-
316 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF ROSEDALE AT 316 AM
CST...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL BOLIVAR COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

CAW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 5:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar40 min
Feb 27, 6:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower30 min
Feb 27, 7:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada2 hr
Feb 27, 7:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower44 min
Feb 27, 7:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore, Sunflower47 min
Feb 27, 7:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes46 min
Feb 27, 8:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes22 min
Feb 27, 8:26 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes20 min
Feb 27, 8:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington61 min
Feb 27, 9:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington29 min
Feb 27, 9:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey, Washington43 min
Feb 27, 9:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower48 min
Feb 27, 10:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster3 hr
Feb 27, 11:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala36 min
Feb 27, 11:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower39 min
Feb 27, 11:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston28 min
Feb 27, 12:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington38 min
Feb 27, 12:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower25 min
Feb 27, 12:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar52 min
Feb 27, 12:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANGrenada14 hr
Feb 27, 1:21 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Webster3 hr
Feb 27, 1:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar22 min
Feb 27, 1:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery2 hr
Feb 27, 1:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee31 min
Feb 27, 2:07 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Leflore, Sunflower113 min
Feb 27, 2:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Webster32 min
Feb 27, 2:12 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee33 min
Feb 27, 2:15 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANAttala, Holmes8 days
Feb 27, 2:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Oktibbeha46 min
Feb 27, 2:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee22 min
Feb 27, 3:42 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery2 hr
Feb 27, 3:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Leflore, Sunflower111 min
Feb 27, 4:03 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster12 hr
Feb 27, 4:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee, Winston42 min
Feb 27, 4:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Oktibbeha39 min
Feb 27, 4:50 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper25 min
Feb 27, 5:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANOktibbeha28 min
Feb 27, 7:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley52 min
Feb 27, 8:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley67 min
Feb 27, 8:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAshley65 min
Feb 27, 11:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChicot42 min
Feb 27, 11:50 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAshley, Chicot40 min

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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.