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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2012, 6:03 PM CDT for Hinds County, Warren County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 85 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 15, 2012, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2012, 7:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 85 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hinds County, MS, Warren County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 15, 6:58 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Utica, MS | BRIDGE UNDERWATER |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 1094 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
571
WGUS54 KJAN 152303
FFWJAN
MSC049-149-163-160100-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0075.120715T2303Z-120716T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
603 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
EASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES SOUTH OF EDWARDS...
OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE
INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR. WHILE THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING...ADDITIONAL STRORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE SAME
AREAS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BOVINA...FLOWERS...YOUNGTON...OAK RIDGE AND PHOENIX
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 3257 9077 3257 9074 3256 9073 3258 9072
3263 9052 3206 9048 3205 9071
$$
JC2 follow-up statements
888
WGUS74 KJAN 152351
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
651 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012
MSC049-149-163-160100-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0075.000000T0000Z-120716T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN MS-HINDS MS-YAZOO MS-
651 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN YAZOO...NORTHWESTERN HINDS AND NORTHEASTERN WARREN
COUNTIES...
AT 651 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR EDWARDS...OR 13
MILES WEST OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR
RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...HAVE
OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FLOWERS...YOUNGTON...OAK RIDGE AND PHOENIX
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
HOUR. WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3219 9068 3256 9073 3258 9072 3261 9054
3231 9050 3223 9049
$$
JC445
WGUS74 KJAN 160028
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
728 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012
MSC049-149-163-160038-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0075.000000T0000Z-120716T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN MS-HINDS MS-YAZOO MS-
728 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN
YAZOO...NORTHWESTERN HINDS AND NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES...
RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3219 9068 3256 9073 3258 9072 3261 9054
3231 9050 3223 9049
$$
JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 19 min |
| Jul 15, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sharkey | 30 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.