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Flash Flood Warning 126, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2012, 7:21 AM CDT for Lauderdale County, Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr. 5 reports 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
- Aug 30, 2012, 7:21 AM CDT (12:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lauderdale County, MS, Newton County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 8:04 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Meridian, MS | REPORTS OF WATER COVERING ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. |
| Aug 30, 9:35 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Martin, MS | REPORTS OF FLOODING ON THEA ROAD IN MARTIN. |
| Aug 30, 9:35 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Meridian, MS | SEVERAL STREETS COVERED WITH WATER. |
| Aug 30, 9:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Meridian, MS | REPORTS OF FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF 45TH AVENUE AND 11TH STREET AND ALSO ON 5TH STREET NEAR 29TH AVENUE. |
| Aug 30, 10:52 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Meridian, MS | REPORTS OF FLOODING AT INTERSECTION OF 414 HIGHWAY 11 AND HIGHWAY 80. ALSO ON HIGHWAY 19 SOUTH JUST SOUTH OF SE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 39 AND NORTH HILLS STREET. |
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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 473 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 650 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
650 WGUS54 KJAN 301221 FFWJAN MSC075-101-301815- /O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0126.120830T1221Z-120830T1815Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 721 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUDERDALE...MERIDIAN STATION... MERIDIAN... EASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 115 PM CDT * AT 719 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SUQUALENA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF INCREASE MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COLLINSVILLE...DUFFEE...LITTLE ROCK...MARTIN...ZERO...ALAMUCHA... KEWANEE...TOOMSUBA...MARION AND DALEVILLE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT THREE 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. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...A FEW INCHES OF WATER CAN SWEEP ANY SIZED VEHICLE DOWNSTREAM. && LAT...LON 3223 8842 3222 8900 3258 8913 3258 8839 $$ BK
1 follow-up statement
400 WGUS74 KJAN 301811 FFSJAN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 111 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 MSC075-101-301821- /O.EXP.KJAN.FF.W.0126.000000T0000Z-120830T1815Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEWTON MS-LAUDERDALE MS- 111 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 115 PM CDT FOR LAUDERDALE AND EASTERN NEWTON COUNTIES... AT 111 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINS HAVE TEMPORARILY MOVED OUT OF THE AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS COULD REDEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS STILL POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LAT...LON 3223 8842 3222 8900 3258 8913 3258 8839 $$ 40
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln and 1 more | 54 min |
| Aug 29, 9:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion | 5 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Jasper, Jones, Rankin, Simpson and 1 more | 57 min |
| Aug 30, 12:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 6 days |
| Aug 30, 2:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 3:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 112 min |
| Aug 30, 3:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 24 min |
| Aug 30, 5:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 45 min |
| Aug 30, 6:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 23 min |
| Aug 30, 6:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 53 min |
| Aug 30, 7:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 7:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton | 27 min |
| Aug 30, 8:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 46 min |
| Aug 30, 8:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 36 min |
| Aug 30, 9:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 9:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 12 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 46 min |
| Aug 30, 10:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest | 47 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 34 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leake | 10 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 107 min |
| Aug 30, 11:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 10 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 4 days |
| Aug 30, 11:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 56 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Simpson | 10 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Lincoln, Rankin, Simpson | 12 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 34 min |
| Aug 30, 3:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 112 min |
| Aug 30, 4:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 14 min |
| Aug 30, 6:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 111 min |
| Aug 30, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.