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Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Jackson, MS

June 30, 2010Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2010, 10:48 PM CDT for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2010, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2010, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Holmes County, MS

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NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 30, 3:00 PM CDT, 7 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 3:00 PM CDT, 7 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
300 PM CDT WED JUN 30 2010

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...A TROPICAL AIRMASS AND
GREATEST RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OUR
CWA THROUGH THE SHORT TERM WHILE HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR TRY TO
LIMIT CONVECTION IN THE NORTH. SURFACE ANALYSIS HAS THE STALLED
BOUNDARY ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 82. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND WL
CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED ON LOCAL RADARS MOVING NORTH INTO SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THUS...MOST OF THE SOUTHERN
TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA WL RECEIVE MEASURABLE RAINFALL THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN LIMITED BUT WHERE
THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT AND LEAD
TO THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. WL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IN THE HWO BUT FOCUS ON OUR
SOUTH WHERE THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED. THE
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT IN THE SOUTH BUT
ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION SHOULD DISSIPATE DURING THE EVENING. MODELS
AGREE THAT THE LARGE AMPLITUDE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL
CONUS THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT EAST OVER THE MID AND UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEYS THROUGH FRIDAY AND STRENGTHEN THE SURFACE
HIGH CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION THAT WILL SHIFT EAST TO
THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN COOLER AND DRIER AIR
TRYING TO MOVE THE STALLED BOUNDARY FURTHER SOUTH INTO OUR AREA BUT
THE MODELS DISAGREE ON HOW FAR SOUTH THE DRIER AIR WILL SURGE. HAVE
LEANED TOWARD A BLEND OF THE SREF AND ECMWF. THE 18Z JAN SOUNDING
SHOWED A PW OF 2.26 INCHES AND PWS AOA TWO INCHES WL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA WHILE DRIER AIR WORKS SOUTH INTO OUR
NORTHERN COUNTIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. COME THURSDAY THE STALLED
BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN HIGHWAY 82 AND INTERSTATE 20.
HIGHEST POPS WILL BE CARRIED SOUTH OF I-20. WL LEAVE OUT MENTION OF
RAIN FOR OUR NORTHEAST MOST COUNTIES. FRIDAY THE OPERATIONAL GFS
STILL TRIES TO DEVELOP A SURFACE LOW OVER SE MISSISSIPPI AND TRACK
IT WEST THROUGH THE DAY. WL DISCOUNT THIS FEATURE AND MAINTAIN THE
STALLED BOUNDARY JUST NORTH OF I-20 WITH THE DRIER AIR A LITTLE
FURTHER SOUTH INTO OUR CWA. WL NOT CARRY POPS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 82
CORRIDOR WITH GREATEST POPS OVER OUR SOUTHERN ZONES AGAIN. LOWER
CLOUD COVER AND DRIER AIR WILL ALLOW FOR GREATEST INSOLATION AND
WARMEST AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE NORTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BUT HEAT
INDEX VALUES WILL REMAIN BELOW 100 DEGREES EACH DAY. HAVE GONE WITH
THE COOLER NAM AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE DELTA THURSDAY BUT GUIDANCE
TEMPS WERE CLOSE THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. /22/

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MODEL DISCREPANCIES
CONTINUE IN THE LONG TERM WITH THE GFS BEING THE OUTLIER IN
DEVELOPING A MORE AMPLIFIED UPPER LOW OVER SRN ZONES. THE
EURO/SREF/GFSE MAINTAIN MUCH STRONGER RIDGING OVER THE AREA FRIDAY
WHILE DEVELOPING UPPER TROUGHING ACROSS THE NRN GULF. MODELS WITH
STRONGER RIDGING INDICATE WEAK WAVES PIVOTING AROUND THE SRN FRINGES
OF THE HIGH THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE GFSE
PROGRESSIVELY ERODING RIDGING MON INTO TUE AS IT TRACKS A BROAD
TROUGH WWD INTO THE SE U.S. COAST.

THE FORECAST AREA WILL SIT IN A PATTERN OF SLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE
ON THE WRN FRINGES OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED WELL TO THE EAST.
SURFACE RIDGING WILL REMAIN TOO FAR EAST TO OFFER MUCH PROTECTION
FROM AFTERNOON CONVECTION. PERIODS OF WEAK CYCLONIC SURFACE FLOW ARE
INDICATED OVER THE REGION INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

EVEN WITH DEVELOPING UPPER RIDGING...AFTERNOON HEATING SHOULD BE
SUFFICIENT FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER SRN ZONES. ADDING
UNCERTAINTY TO THIS HOWEVER IS THE FACT THAT EURO ADVECTS
SIGNIFICANTLY DRIER AIR IN FOR THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK.
CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH AT THIS TIME TO LOWER MEX POPS ANY
FURTHER. WILL FOLLOW A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD APPROACH...LEAVING LOWER
POPS BUT STILL SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH WITH DECREASING RAIN CHANCES NWD.

HAVE UNDERCUT MEX MOS POPS FOR THE EXTENDED PERIODS...GENERALLY
FOLLOWING THE LOWEST ENSEMBLE MEMBERS FOR FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THIS WILL RESULT IN A WARMER FORECAST THAN ADVERTISED BY
MOS...ESPECIALLY FOR DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. WIND SPEEDS FOR THE
EXTENDED PERIODS WERE ALSO REDUCED IN CONSIDERATION OF MEX WINDS
BEING OVERDONE IN THE STRONGER LOW SYSTEM. /OLB/

&&

.AVIATION...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS...ALONG WITH AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM OR TWO...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH...KHBG.  THIS
ACTIVITY WILL PROVIDE SITES PERIODS OF BOTH MVFR/IFR CEILINGS AND
VISIBILITIES WHEN OBSERVED WITHIN AND IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE
AERODROME.  WHILE SOME ACTIVITY WILL LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTH...MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD
DISSIPATE TONIGHT...BUT PATCHY FOG TOWARDS DAY BREAK EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING COULD LEAD TO RESTRICTED CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES.
SCATTERED TO ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED THURSDAY
MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER LOCATIONS MAINLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. /19/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       73  88  71  91 /  58  39  29  29
MERIDIAN      72  88  71  90 /  58  40  32  29
VICKSBURG     73  88  72  91 /  58  43  26  27
HATTIESBURG   74  89  73  88 /  62  73  53  57
NATCHEZ       72  88  73  89 /  61  68  41  49
GREENVILLE    71  90  69  92 /  27  20   9  13
GREENWOOD     70  90  69  93 /  25  14  11  10

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

22/03/19
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Local storm report, Jun 30, 7:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
719 PM CDT WED JUN 30 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0715 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 NNW FLOWOOD           32.39N 90.13W
06/30/2010                   HINDS              MS   NWS EMPLOYEE

            WATER WAS REPORTED ACROSS SEVERAL STREETS IN NORTH
            JACKSON...NEAR THE HINDS/MADISON COUNTY BORDER.

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.