Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2012, 8:07 PM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 84 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
- Jul 13, 2012, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2012, 9:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Jones County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Laurel, MS | TERESA STREET IN DOWNTOWN LAUREL FLOODED |
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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
610
WGUS54 KJAN 140107
FFWJAN
MSC067-140300-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0074.120714T0107Z-120714T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
807 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAUREL...ELLISVILLE...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
SANDERSVILLE TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOSELLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
15 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO
THREE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR.
* THE STORMS PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
HOUR 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 3144 8915 3144 8930 3181 8919 3182 8895
3181 8894 3173 8893 3144 8894 3143 8895
3143 8903 3144 8907 3143 8914
$$
BYB2 follow-up statements
358
WGUS74 KJAN 140148
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
848 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
MSC067-140300-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0074.000000T0000Z-120714T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JONES MS-
848 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN JONES COUNTY...
AT 847 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN AND
EASTERN PORTIONS OF JONES COUNTY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE
INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR
WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3144 8894 3143 8895 3143 8903 3144 8907
3143 8914 3144 8915 3163 8924 3181 8919
3182 8899 3177 8894 3173 8893
$$
BYB354
WGUS74 KJAN 140231
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
931 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
MSC067-140241-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0074.000000T0000Z-120714T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JONES MS-
931 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN JONES
COUNTY...
LAT...LON 3144 8894 3143 8895 3143 8903 3144 8907
3143 8914 3144 8915 3163 8924 3181 8919
3182 8899 3177 8894 3173 8893
$$
BYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Newton | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 39 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012
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.