Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2012, 5:43 PM CDT for Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 88 min. 3 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, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2012, 7:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 88 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lamar County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 6:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 W Hattiesburg, MS | FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON HUNTINGTON DRIVE |
| Jul 18, 6:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Wnw Hattiesburg, MS | FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON WEATHERSBY ROAD NEAR W 4TH STREET |
| Jul 18, 7:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Wsw Hattiesburg, MS | WATER DAMAGED A CULVERT CAUSING FLOODING ON LUCKY LEAF DRIVE AND CAUSING WATER TO APPROACH A HOME |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
832
WGUS54 KJAN 182243
FFWJAN
MSC073-190045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0078.120718T2243Z-120719T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
543 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST HATTIESBURG...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
14 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUMRALL TO PURVIS MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO HOURS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LUMBERTON AND BAXTERVILLE
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...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 3099 8948 3101 8951 3100 8955 3100 8966
3143 8965 3143 8946 3135 8945 3134 8935
3100 8935 3100 8941 3097 8944 3097 8947
$$
BK1 follow-up statement
373
WGUS74 KJAN 190011
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
711 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2012
MSC073-190021-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0078.000000T0000Z-120719T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAMAR MS-
711 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR LAMAR COUNTY...
LAT...LON 3099 8948 3101 8951 3100 8955 3100 8966
3143 8965 3143 8946 3135 8945 3134 8935
3100 8935 3100 8941 3097 8944 3097 8947
$$
BKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 8:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 10:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 116 min |
| Jul 17, 11:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay, Kemper, Lowndes, Neshoba, Noxubee, Oktibbeha and 1 more | 72 min |
| Jul 18, 1:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 52 min |
| Jul 18, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Neshoba | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Winston | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 2:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Webster | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Webster | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Webster | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery, Webster | 21 min |
| Jul 18, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 6:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 93 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.