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Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 2014, 12:03 PM CDT for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 2014, 12:03 PM CDT (17:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2014, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hinds County, MS, Leake County, MS, Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
992
WGUS54 KJAN 111703
FFWJAN
MSC049-079-089-121-123-111900-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0101.140811T1703Z-140811T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1203 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...CLINTON...
SOUTHWESTERN LEAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...
NORTHERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PEARL...FLOWOOD...BRANDON...
SCOTT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HARPERVILLE...MORTON...FOREST...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 1203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. ESTIMATED
RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES...HAVE
OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO HOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ANNANDALE...GLUCKSTADT...LUDLOW...HILLSBORO...STEELE AND FLORA
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 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 3228 8959 3224 8983 3225 9041 3233 9058
3248 9057 3259 9044 3258 9040 3265 9028
3266 8995 3262 8968 3253 8932 3251 8932
3235 8932
$$
JA1 follow-up statement
387
WGUS74 KJAN 111819
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
119 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2014
MSC049-079-089-121-123-111824-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0101.000000T0000Z-140811T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCOTT MS-RANKIN MS-MADISON MS-LEAKE MS-HINDS MS-
119 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN HINDS...
SOUTHWESTERN LEAKE...SOUTHERN MADISON...NORTHERN RANKIN AND SCOTT
COUNTIES...
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS HAVE SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH OF THE PREVIOUSLY
WARNED AREA MORE QUICKLY THAN ANTICIPATED. THERE COULD BE A FEW
SPOTS OF HIGH WATER FOR THE NEXT HOUR ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOODING IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
LAT...LON 3228 8959 3224 8983 3225 9041 3233 9058
3248 9057 3259 9044 3258 9040 3265 9028
3266 8995 3262 8968 3253 8932 3251 8932
3235 8932
$$
BYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Smith | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 7:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 114 min |
| Aug 10, 7:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 117 min |
| Aug 10, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 7:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 11:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Scott | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah, Jasper, Simpson, Smith | 61 min |
| Aug 11, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke, Jones | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 77 min |
| Aug 11, 4:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 114 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.