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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2012, 5:22 PM CDT for Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 113 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2012, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hinds County, MS, Rankin County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 1192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1334 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
008
WGUS54 KJAN 302222
FFWJAN
MSC049-121-310015-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0056.120530T2222Z-120531T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
522 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BYRAM...JACKSON...CLINTON...
RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...STAR...RICHLAND...PEARL...FLOWOOD...
BRANDON...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR FLOWOOD...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 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
LEESBURG...DRY GROVE...PELAHATCHIE...TERRY...MONTEREY...FLORENCE...
WHITES...PINEY WOODS...CATO AND JOHNS
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
TWO 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.
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 9044 3249 9042 3249 9025 3240 9024
3240 9007 3243 9007 3248 9002 3250 8998
3249 8996 3258 8986 3259 8979 3248 8975
3218 8973 3204 8973
$$
JC1 follow-up statement
955
WGUS74 KJAN 302310
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
610 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
MSC049-121-310015-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120531T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RANKIN MS-HINDS MS-
610 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN HINDS AND RANKIN COUNTIES...
AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR FANNIN...OR 9
MILES NORTH OF BRANDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR
RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...HAVE
OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GOSHEN
SPRINGS...PELAHATCHIE...PISGAH AND LEESBURG
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
HOUR. WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES AN HOUR CAN CAUSE FLOODING
ON WOODGATE DRIVE NEAR THE CROSSGATES SWIM CLUB.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3205 9044 3249 9042 3249 9025 3240 9024
3240 9007 3243 9007 3248 9002 3250 8998
3249 8996 3258 8986 3259 8979 3248 8975
3218 8973 3204 8973
$$
JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 11:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 41 min |
| May 30, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 31 min |
| May 30, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 29 min |
| May 30, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 59 min |
| May 30, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 27 min |
| May 30, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 41 min |
| May 30, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sunflower | 39 min |
| May 30, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 44 min |
| May 30, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 55 min |
| May 30, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Leflore | 46 min |
| May 30, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 66 min |
| May 30, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 45 min |
| May 30, 3:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 61 min |
| May 30, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 37 min |
| May 30, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 63 min |
| May 30, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Yazoo | 32 min |
| May 30, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo | 51 min |
| May 30, 3:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes | 2 hr |
| May 30, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Montgomery | 20 min |
| May 30, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 23 min |
| May 30, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 61 min |
| May 30, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 40 min |
| May 30, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren | 50 min |
| May 30, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston | 43 min |
| May 30, 4:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren | 2 hr |
| May 30, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 49 min |
| May 30, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 36 min |
| May 30, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 67 min |
| May 30, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 48 min |
| May 30, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 29 min |
| May 30, 5:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Warren | 2 hr |
| May 30, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 31 min |
| May 30, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 37 min |
| May 30, 5:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 2 hr |
| May 30, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 23 min |
| May 30, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln, Simpson | 42 min |
| May 30, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 38 min |
| May 30, 6:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 88 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.