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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Jackson, MS

April 7, 2014Noxubee County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 7, 2014, 3:15 AM CDT for Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
Apr 7, 2014, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2014, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Noxubee County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 7, 6:00 AM CDTFLOOD3 N Macon, MSFLOODING WAS REPORTED ON MS HIGHWAY 145 NORTH OF MACON
Apr 7, 6:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD7 E Macon, MSSEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY WERE FLOODED

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2014-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2014-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
634 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.

376 
WGUS54 KJAN 070815
FFWJAN
MSC103-071115-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0041.140407T0815Z-140407T1115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
315 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 615 AM CDT

* AT 315 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. ESTIMATED
  RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES...
  HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST SIX HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MASHULAVILLE...DEERBROOK...BIGBEE VALLEY...PRAIRIE POINT...MACON
  AND BROOKSVILLE

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 3294 8834 3293 8835 3292 8881 3328 8882
      3329 8874 3329 8831

$$

GRG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Neshoba45 min
Apr 6, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson, Smith38 min
Apr 6, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper47 min
Apr 6, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee, Winston37 min
Apr 6, 7:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMadison, Yazoo6 hr
Apr 6, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott51 min
Apr 6, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAdams19 min
Apr 6, 8:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey4 hr
Apr 6, 8:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLeake, Scott4 hr
Apr 6, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNoxubee31 min
Apr 6, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee23 min
Apr 6, 8:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANChoctaw, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston2 hr
Apr 6, 8:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Humphreys4 hr
Apr 6, 9:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANRankin46 min
Apr 6, 9:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson3 hr
Apr 6, 10:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton4 hr
Apr 6, 10:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANCovington, Jones4 days
Apr 6, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAdams21 min
Apr 6, 10:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANIssaquena, Warren2 hr
Apr 6, 10:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Simpson116 min
Apr 6, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Jefferson46 min
Apr 6, 10:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Kemper, Montgomery and 4 more3 hr
Apr 6, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah41 min
Apr 6, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln, Simpson54 min
Apr 6, 11:40 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Simpson50 min
Apr 7, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLincoln31 min
Apr 7, 12:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANYazoo59 hr
Apr 7, 12:19 AM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin, Simpson, Smith56 min
Apr 7, 12:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson3 hr
Apr 7, 12:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala, Leake, Scott3 hr
Apr 7, 12:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANNoxubee114 min
Apr 7, 12:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANFranklin, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln115 min
Apr 7, 12:56 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Newton, Scott49 min
Apr 7, 1:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANJasper, Smith114 min
Apr 7, 1:32 AM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale58 min
Apr 7, 1:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLincoln30 min
Apr 7, 1:47 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith43 min
Apr 7, 2:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale117 min
Apr 7, 2:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANNewton113 min
Apr 7, 2:20 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANClarke, Jasper, Jones, Smith55 min
Apr 7, 3:10 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Rankin and 4 more18 hr
Apr 7, 3:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNewton29 min
Apr 7, 3:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Jasper5 hr
Apr 7, 3:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale3 hr
Apr 7, 3:31 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin, Scott, Smith21 hr
Apr 7, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence45 min
Apr 7, 4:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJefferson Davis29 min
Apr 7, 4:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMarion31 min
Apr 7, 5:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNewton32 min
Apr 7, 6:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLauderdale2 hr
Apr 7, 8:12 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANKemper, Noxubee14 hr
Apr 7, 8:26 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Lauderdale24 hr
Apr 7, 11:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANMadison, Rankin10 days
Apr 7, 11:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANCarroll, Leflore34 hr
Apr 7, 12:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANClarke7 days

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.