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Flash Flood Warning 81, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2012, 8:13 AM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr. 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 19, 2012, 8:13 AM CDT (13:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2012, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jasper County, MS, Newton County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 10:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Newton, MS | FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON MS HIGHWAY 15 |
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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 2332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
650 WGUS54 KJAN 191313 FFWJAN MSC061-101-191515- /O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0081.120719T1313Z-120719T1515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 813 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON... * UNTIL 1015 AM CDT * AT 813 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR NEWTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROBERTS...GARLANDVILLE...ROSE HILL...ORANGE...TURNERVILLE AND PAULDING 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 3240 8931 3239 8892 3202 8891 3199 8931 $$ DHB
1 follow-up statement
501 WGUS74 KJAN 191515 FFSJAN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1015 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2012 MSC061-101-191522- /O.EXP.KJAN.FF.W.0081.000000T0000Z-120719T1515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEWTON MS-JASPER MS- 1015 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES AT 1015 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN JASPER AND SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES... THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF THE LOUIN TO PAULDING AREAS HOWEVER STEADY LIGHT RAINS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS AND A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY CONTINUE THROUGH 1100 AM BEFORE ENDING COMPLETELY. PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. LAT...LON 3240 8931 3239 8892 3202 8891 3199 8931 $$ 40
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Yazoo | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Warren | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 4:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 42 min |
| Jul 19, 5:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | |
| Jul 19, 5:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 6:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 116 min |
| Jul 19, 8:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 85 min |
| Jul 19, 9:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 9:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 86 min |
| Jul 19, 11:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Lamar | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Marion | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 59 min |
| Jul 19, 1:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 79 min |
| Jul 19, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 3:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Yazoo | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Webster | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Oktibbeha | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clay | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 5:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 118 min |
| Jul 19, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Yazoo | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Humphreys | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Adams | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Webster | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 6:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson | 2 hr |
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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.