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Flash Flood Warning 153, NWS Jackson, MS

December 25, 20128 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Dec 25, 2012, 4:51 PM CST for 8 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 105 min. 1 report 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, 4:51 PM CST (22:51 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2012, 6:36 PM CST
In force: 105 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Clarke County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Winston County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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, 5:35 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	5 Wnw Marion, MS	FLOODING ON MS HIGHWAY 493

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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.

459 
WGUS54 KJAN 252251
FFWJAN
MSC023-061-069-075-099-101-103-159-260045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0153.121225T2251Z-121226T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF QUITMAN...
  JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRINGER...
  KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRESTON...
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUDERDALE...MERIDIAN STATION...
  MERIDIAN...
  NESHOBA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PROSPECT...NEWTON...
  NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NANIH WAIYA...LOUISVILLE...

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 451 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  8 MILES WEST OF BROOKSVILLE TO MOSS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STARKVILLE TO STRINGER...MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO
  THREE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DUFFEE...BLUFF SPRINGS...PAULDING...DAMASCUS...ROSE HILL...
  GHOLSON...MARTIN...COLLINSVILLE...LIBERTY...MEEHAN...HEIDELBERG...
  SUQUALENA...ORANGE...PRISMATIC...MACON...STAFFORD SPRINGS...
  NELLIEBURG...DE KALB...BARNETT...DEERBROOK...BLACKWATER...
  GOODWATER...DALEVILLE...SAVOY...STONEWALL...MARION...OAK GROVE...
  PRAIRIE POINT...BIGBEE VALLEY...PAULETTE...SABLE...ZERO...DE
  SOTO...ELECTRIC MILLS...PORTERVILLE...COOKSVILLE...TAMOLA...
  MIDDLETON...TOOMSUBA...INCREASE...SYKES...CRANDALL...ALAMUCHA...
  KEWANEE AND SNELL

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
TWO HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE 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 3189 8847 3183 8879 3181 8931 3311 8932
      3311 8921 3320 8921 3320 8911 3329 8910
      3329 8830

$$

BK

1 follow-up statement

400 
WGUS74 KJAN 260036
FFSJAN

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

MSC023-061-069-075-099-101-103-159-260046-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0153.000000T0000Z-121226T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WINSTON MS-NOXUBEE MS-NEWTON MS-NESHOBA MS-LAUDERDALE MS-KEMPER MS-
JASPER MS-CLARKE MS-
636 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CLARKE...JASPER...
KEMPER...LAUDERDALE...NESHOBA...NEWTON...NOXUBEE AND WINSTON
COUNTIES...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.THE RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE AREA AND WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE.

LAT...LON 3189 8847 3183 8879 3181 8931 3311 8932
      3311 8921 3320 8921 3320 8911 3329 8910
      3329 8830

$$


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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, 1:57 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	3 hr
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, 4:54 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.