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Areal Flood Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS

April 7, 2014Clarke County, Jasper County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this areal flood warning at Apr 7, 2014, 8:26 AM CDT for Clarke County, Jasper County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 7, 2014, 8:26 AM CDT (13:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2014, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Clarke County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 223 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 472 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Apr 7, 4:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 4:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 6:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
635 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
081145-
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-
MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-
CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-
SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-
LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST-
635 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A LIMITED RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AS A WEATHER
DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE PRIMARY RISKS WITH STORMS
WILL BE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND PERHAPS WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50
MPH.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION TUESDAY.

EC

&&

...HAZARD LEGEND...

NO SHORT TERM HAZARDS EXPECTED.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:33 AM CDT, 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:38 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:58 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 8:06 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 8:10 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 8:24 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba	45 min
Apr 6, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson, Smith	38 min
Apr 6, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	47 min
Apr 6, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee, Winston	37 min
Apr 6, 7:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Madison, Yazoo	6 hr
Apr 6, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	51 min
Apr 6, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams	19 min
Apr 6, 8:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey	4 hr
Apr 6, 8:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Leake, Scott	4 hr
Apr 6, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Noxubee	31 min
Apr 6, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	23 min
Apr 6, 8:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston	2 hr
Apr 6, 8:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Humphreys	4 hr
Apr 6, 9:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	46 min
Apr 6, 9:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson	3 hr
Apr 6, 10:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton	4 hr
Apr 6, 10:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	4 days
Apr 6, 10:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams	21 min
Apr 6, 10:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	2 hr
Apr 6, 10:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Simpson	116 min
Apr 6, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Jefferson	46 min
Apr 6, 10:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Kemper, Montgomery and 4 more	3 hr
Apr 6, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah	41 min
Apr 6, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln, Simpson	54 min
Apr 6, 11:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	50 min
Apr 7, 12:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lincoln	31 min
Apr 7, 12:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Yazoo	59 hr
Apr 7, 12:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson, Smith	56 min
Apr 7, 12:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson	3 hr
Apr 7, 12:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake, Scott	3 hr
Apr 7, 12:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	114 min
Apr 7, 12:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln	115 min
Apr 7, 12:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Scott	49 min
Apr 7, 1:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	114 min
Apr 7, 1:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	58 min
Apr 7, 1:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lincoln	30 min
Apr 7, 1:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	43 min
Apr 7, 2:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	117 min
Apr 7, 2:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Newton	113 min
Apr 7, 2:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Jones, Smith	55 min
Apr 7, 3:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Rankin and 4 more	18 hr
Apr 7, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Newton	29 min
Apr 7, 3:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	5 hr
Apr 7, 3:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Noxubee	3 hr
Apr 7, 3:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	3 hr
Apr 7, 3:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin, Scott, Smith	21 hr
Apr 7, 3:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	45 min
Apr 7, 4:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis	29 min
Apr 7, 4:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Marion	31 min
Apr 7, 5:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Newton	32 min
Apr 7, 6:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	2 hr
Apr 7, 8:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	14 hr
Apr 7, 11:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Madison, Rankin	10 days
Apr 7, 11:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	34 hr
Apr 7, 12:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Clarke	7 days
Apr 6, 7:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, Tensas and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 6, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Tensas	21 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2014 Every areal flood warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.