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Flash Flood Warning 151, NWS Jackson, MS

December 25, 2012Hinds County, Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Dec 25, 2012, 1:57 PM CST for Hinds County, Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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: Dec 25, 2012, 1:57 PM CST (19:57 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 3 hr
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), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 25, 3:10 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Jackson, MS	REPORTS OF FLOODING AT MILL STREET AND MONUMENT STREET.
Dec 25, 3:15 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Jackson, MS	NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING OCCURRED COUNTYWIDE.
Dec 25, 3:16 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	4 S Jackson, MS	REPORTS OF CARS BEING STALLED ON TERRY ROAD NEAR MCDOWELL ROAD.
Dec 25, 3:16 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	5 Sse Clinton, MS	REPORTS OF CARS BEING STALLED ON TERRY ROAD NEAR MCDOWELL ROAD.

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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 26 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

297 
WGUS54 KJAN 251957
FFWJAN
MSC049-089-121-252300-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0151.121225T1957Z-121225T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
157 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BYRAM...JACKSON...CLINTON...
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...
  RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...STAR...RICHLAND...PEARL...FLOWOOD...
  BRANDON...

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 157 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  BROWNSVILLE TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UTICA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT   
  45 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO  
  THREE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE HOURS.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BOLTON...FLORA...RAYMOND...POCAHONTAS...DRY GROVE...ANNANDALE...
  WAY...GLUCKSTADT...TERRY...SHARON...CAMERON...CAMDEN...WHITES...
  FLORENCE...FANNIN...FARMHAVEN...GOSHEN SPRINGS...MONTEREY...
  PISGAH...PINEY WOODS...LEESBURG...CATO...PELAHATCHIE AND JOHNS

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
THREE HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES A HOUR CAN CAUSE FLOODING 
ON WOODGATE DRIVE NEAR THE CROSSGATES SWIM CLUB...AND ON INDUSTRIAL 
DRIVE IN THE CITY OF RICHLAND.

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 3205 9071 3224 9073 3234 9071 3234 9063
      3237 9064 3244 9059 3248 9060 3251 9052
      3258 9044 3261 9033 3266 9028 3270 9010
      3275 9004 3283 9002 3288 8996 3289 8974
      3264 8973 3257 8978 3236 8973 3205 8973

$$

BK

2 follow-up statements

033 
WGUS74 KJAN 252123
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
323 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

MSC049-089-121-252300-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0151.000000T0000Z-121225T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RANKIN MS-MADISON MS-HINDS MS-
323 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR
HINDS...MADISON AND RANKIN COUNTIES...

AT 321 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM CANTON TO DRY GROVE OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF BYRAM. THE STORMS WERE 
MOVING EAST NEAR 35 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE 
ORDER OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST THREE 
HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR ARE IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES AND 
FLOODING HAS BEE REPORTED NEAR DOWNTOWN JACKSON.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FARMHAVEN...CAMERON...CAMDEN...SHARON...GLUCKSTADT...LEESBURG...
GOSHEN SPRINGS...FANNIN...MONTEREY...PINEY WOODS...WHITES...STAR...
CATO...JOHNS...PISGAH...TERRY...RIDGELAND...RICHLAND...PELAHATCHIE...
PEARL...MADISON...JACKSON...FLOWOOD...FLORENCE AND BRANDON

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
THREE HOURS. WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES AN HOUR CAN CAUSE FLOODING 
ON INDUSTRIAL DRIVE IN THE CITY OF RICHLAND AND ON WOODGATE DRIVE 
NEAR THE CROSSGATES SWIM CLUB.

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 3205 9071 3224 9073 3234 9071 3234 9063
      3237 9064 3244 9059 3248 9060 3251 9052
      3258 9044 3261 9033 3266 9028 3270 9010
      3275 9004 3283 9002 3288 8996 3289 8974
      3264 8973 3257 8978 3236 8973 3205 8973

$$


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157 
WGUS74 KJAN 252259
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
459 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

MSC049-089-121-252304-
/O.EXP.KJAN.FF.W.0151.000000T0000Z-121225T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RANKIN MS-MADISON MS-HINDS MS-
459 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CST FOR HINDS...
MADISON AND RANKIN COUNTIES...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR THE WARNED 
AREA. THE RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND WATER WILL CONTINUE TO 
RECEDE.

LAT...LON 3205 9071 3224 9073 3234 9071 3234 9063
      3237 9064 3244 9059 3248 9060 3251 9052
      3258 9044 3261 9033 3266 9028 3270 9010
      3275 9004 3283 9002 3288 8996 3289 8974
      3264 8973 3257 8978 3236 8973 3205 8973

$$


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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 25, 5:03 AM CST	Wind Advisory	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 27 more	25 hr
Dec 25, 6:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence	39 min
Dec 25, 7:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	31 min
Dec 25, 7:57 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Neshoba	11 days
Dec 25, 9:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	10 days
Dec 25, 9:25 AM CST	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clay	26 hr
Dec 25, 10:17 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	JAN	Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more	9 hr
Dec 25, 10:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison, Rankin	26 min
Dec 25, 11:50 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren	4 hr
Dec 25, 1:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	42 min
Dec 25, 1:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin	43 min
Dec 25, 1:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	38 min
Dec 25, 1:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	50 min
Dec 25, 1:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Jefferson	41 min
Dec 25, 1:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	29 min
Dec 25, 1:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	50 min
Dec 25, 2:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	43 min
Dec 25, 2:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	51 min
Dec 25, 2:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin	42 min
Dec 25, 2:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	40 min
Dec 25, 2:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	47 min
Dec 25, 2:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson	34 min
Dec 25, 2:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	23 min
Dec 25, 2:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott	52 min
Dec 25, 2:55 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	2 hr
Dec 25, 2:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Lincoln	46 min
Dec 25, 3:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	13 min
Dec 25, 3:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Madison	50 min
Dec 25, 3:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	43 min
Dec 25, 3:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence	34 min
Dec 25, 3:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott, Winston	47 min
Dec 25, 3:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	23 min
Dec 25, 3:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott, Smith	56 min
Dec 25, 3:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar	54 min
Dec 25, 3:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest	33 min
Dec 25, 3:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson	38 min
Dec 25, 3:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee, Winston	65 min
Dec 25, 4:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jones	29 min
Dec 25, 4:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion	13 min
Dec 25, 4:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	38 min
Dec 25, 4:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	35 min
Dec 25, 4:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	57 min
Dec 25, 4:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	26 min
Dec 25, 4:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	41 min
Dec 25, 4:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	59 min
Dec 25, 4:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	25 min
Dec 25, 4:51 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton and 2 more	105 min
Dec 25, 4:54 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion	100 min
Dec 25, 4:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	66 min
Dec 25, 4:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	33 min
Dec 25, 4:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	61 min
Dec 25, 5:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	17 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.