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Flash Flood Warning 84, NWS Jackson, MS

July 19, 2012Hinds County, Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2012, 3:07 PM CDT for Hinds County, Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 9 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 19, 2012, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 19, 3:34 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Wnw Flowood, MS	UP TO A FOOT OF WATER COVERING PART OF LAKELAND DRIVE NEAR ST DOMINIC HOSPITAL
Jul 19, 3:49 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Ridgeland, MS	FLASH FLOODING ON THE SOUTH END OF HIGHLAND COLONY PARKWAY...ON RING ROAD AT NORTHPARK MALL...AND ON RICE ROAD EAST OF OLD CANTON ROAD.
Jul 19, 3:55 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Nne Madison, MS	WATER COVERING THE ROAD AT US HIGHWAY 51 AND YANDELL ROAD
Jul 19, 3:55 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Ssw Canton, MS	WATER COVERING THE ROAD AT E SOWELL ROAD AND SMITH CARR ROAD
Jul 19, 4:05 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Nw Flowood, MS	WATER COVERING THE ROAD AT RIDGEWOOD ROAD AND SHEFFIELD DRIVE AND IN THE 5000 BLOCK OF OLD CANTON ROAD
Jul 19, 4:05 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 S Jackson, MS	FLASH FLOODING AT TERRY ROAD AND GRANDVIEW CIRCLE
Jul 19, 4:05 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Jackson, MS	FLASH FLOODING AT MILL STREET AND MONUMENT STREET
Jul 19, 4:25 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Sse Canton, MS	FLASH FLOODING ALONG MS HIGHWAY 43 SOUTHEAST OF CANTON
Jul 19, 4:30 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 W Flowood, MS	FLASH FLOODING IN BELHAVEN AT ST MARY STREET AND LAUREL STREET...AND AT RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND PEACHTREE STREET

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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 14 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

562 
WGUS54 KJAN 192007
FFWJAN
MSC049-089-121-192300-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0084.120719T2007Z-120719T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
307 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BYRAM...JACKSON...CLINTON...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...
  WESTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...STAR...RICHLAND...PEARL...FLOWOOD...
  BRANDON...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 307 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  6 MILES NORTH OF ANNANDALE TO JACKSON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 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 DRY
  GROVE...GLUCKSTADT...TERRY...MONTEREY...FLORENCE...WHITES...FANNIN
  AND PINEY WOODS

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
THREE HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES A HOUR CAN CAUSE FLOODING
ON WOODGATE DRIVE NEAR THE CROSSGATES SWIM CLUB.

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 3237 9040 3251 9031 3264 9022 3265 8992
      3205 8995 3205 9021 3205 9045

$$

BK

4 follow-up statements

653 
WGUS74 KJAN 192043
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
343 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

MSC049-089-121-192300-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0084.000000T0000Z-120719T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RANKIN MS-MADISON MS-HINDS MS-
343 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN HINDS...SOUTH CENTRAL MADISON AND WESTERN RANKIN COUNTIES...

AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR JACKSON. THE
STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON 
THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR. 
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON LAKELAND DRIVE NEAR SAINT DOMINICS 
HOSPITAL. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ANNANDALE...GLUCKSTADT...POCAHONTAS...FANNIN...RIDGELAND...MADISON...
CLINTON AND CANTON

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
TWO HOURS. WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES AN HOUR CAN CAUSE FLOODING
ON WOODGATE DRIVE NEAR THE CROSSGATES SWIM CLUB.

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 3237 9040 3251 9031 3264 9022 3265 8992
      3205 8995 3205 9021 3205 9045

$$

BK

533 
WGUS74 KJAN 192109
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
409 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

MSC049-089-121-192300-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0084.000000T0000Z-120719T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RANKIN MS-MADISON MS-HINDS MS-
409 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN HINDS...SOUTH CENTRAL MADISON AND WESTERN RANKIN COUNTIES...

AT 408 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM CANTON TO WHITES...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CANTON TO 7
MILES WEST OF STAR...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL
AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE 
PAST HOUR. MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN REPORTED 
IN RIDGELAND...CANTON...MADISON AND FLOWOOD WITH THESE STORMS.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RICHLAND...ANNANDALE...DRY GROVE...POCAHONTAS...BYRAM...TERRY...
JACKSON AND CLINTON

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
TWO HOURS. WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES AN HOUR CAN CAUSE FLOODING
ON INDUSTRIAL DRIVE IN THE CITY OF RICHLAND.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES AN HOUR CAN CAUSE FLOODING
ON WOODGATE DRIVE NEAR THE CROSSGATES SWIM CLUB.

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 3237 9040 3251 9031 3264 9022 3265 8992
      3205 8995 3205 9021 3205 9045

$$

JC

861 
WGUS74 KJAN 192146
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
446 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

MSC089-192156-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0084.000000T0000Z-120719T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON MS-
446 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MADISON COUNTY...

LAT...LON 3237 9040 3238 9040 3243 9035 3238 9021
      3229 9020 3205 9000 3205 9021 3205 9045

$$

MSC049-121-192300-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0084.000000T0000Z-120719T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RANKIN MS-HINDS MS-
446 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN HINDS AND SOUTHWESTERN RANKIN COUNTIES...

AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR CLINTON...MOVING
SOUTH AT 10 MPH. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF
AN INCH...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST HOUR.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RICHLAND...BYRAM...FLORENCE...DRY GROVE...WHITES...STAR AND TERRY

VERY 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 3237 9040 3238 9040 3243 9035 3238 9021
      3229 9020 3205 9000 3205 9021 3205 9045

$$

JC

735 
WGUS74 KJAN 192259
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
559 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

MSC049-121-192309-
/O.EXP.KJAN.FF.W.0084.000000T0000Z-120719T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RANKIN MS-HINDS MS-
559 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
HINDS AND SOUTHWESTERN RANKIN COUNTIES...

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS DECREASED AND THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

LAT...LON 3237 9040 3238 9040 3243 9035 3238 9021
      3229 9020 3205 9000 3205 9021 3205 9045

$$

JC

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, 8:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton	2 hr
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, 3:13 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.