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Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Jackson, MS

July 18, 2012Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2012, 4:55 PM CDT for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr. 2 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
Jul 18, 2012, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Forrest County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 18, 5:33 PM CDTFLASH FLOODHattiesburg, MSFLOODING REPORTED ALONG BROADWAY DRIVE...AT US HIGHWAY 49 AND W 4TH STREET...AND AT E PINE STREET AND EVANS DRIVE
Jul 18, 5:45 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Wnw Hattiesburg, MSWATER WAS UP TO THE WINDOWS OF A CAR NEAR N 40TH AVENUE AND MONTAGUE BLVD

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1179 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1179 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

104 
WGUS54 KJAN 182155
FFWJAN
MSC035-190000-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0077.120718T2155Z-120719T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
455 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PETAL...HATTIESBURG...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTH END OF THE  
  COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL           
  AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN    
  THE PAST HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF    
  HATTIESBURG.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SUNRISE...MCLAURIN...ROCK HILL...BROOKLYN AND MAXIE

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 3100 8935 3101 8936 3101 8935 3134 8935
      3135 8937 3144 8937 3143 8914 3101 8914
      3096 8935

$$

BYB
1 follow-up statement
477 
WGUS74 KJAN 182357
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
657 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2012

MSC035-190008-
/O.EXP.KJAN.FF.W.0077.000000T0000Z-120719T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FORREST MS-
657 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT FOR FORREST
COUNTY...

LAT...LON 3100 8935 3101 8936 3101 8935 3134 8935
      3135 8937 3144 8937 3143 8914 3101 8914
      3096 8935

$$

BK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke31 min
Jul 17, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest44 min
Jul 17, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke45 min
Jul 17, 10:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke116 min
Jul 17, 11:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJasper46 min
Jul 18, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClay, Kemper, Lowndes, Neshoba, Noxubee, Oktibbeha and 1 more72 min
Jul 18, 1:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke, Lauderdale58 min
Jul 18, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale52 min
Jul 18, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba30 min
Jul 18, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWinston33 min
Jul 18, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke31 min
Jul 18, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes32 min
Jul 18, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSmith30 min
Jul 18, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes31 min
Jul 18, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWebster31 min
Jul 18, 3:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJasper31 min
Jul 18, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper38 min
Jul 18, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Oktibbeha, Webster35 min
Jul 18, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWebster29 min
Jul 18, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest31 min
Jul 18, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery, Webster21 min
Jul 18, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington30 min
Jul 18, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake30 min
Jul 18, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest28 min
Jul 18, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala31 min
Jul 18, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSmith32 min
Jul 18, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake32 min
Jul 18, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes31 min
Jul 18, 5:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLamar88 min
Jul 18, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin30 min
Jul 18, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds41 min
Jul 18, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison29 min
Jul 18, 6:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin28 min
Jul 18, 6:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin93 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.