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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Jackson, MS

May 28, 2014Hinds County, Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2014, 12:29 AM CDT for Hinds County, Madison 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
May 28, 2014, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2014, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 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
May 28, 1:00 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.74Jackson, MSMEASURED IN ONE HOUR BY HAWKINS FIELD ASOS KHKS
May 28, 3:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOODJackson, MSSIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING REPORTED UNDER THE OVERPASS ON WEST MONUMENT STREET

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

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 237 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2014-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1204 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2014-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1039 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

471 
WGUS54 KJAN 280529
FFWJAN
MSC049-089-280830-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0071.140528T0529Z-140528T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1229 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BYRAM...JACKSON...
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 1229 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  INDICATED POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING FROM A TRAINING LINES OF        
  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL  M    
  AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN   
  THE PAST HOUR.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  FARMHAVEN...SHARON AND GLUCKSTADT

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 3216 9047 3268 9005 3269 8973 3251 8993
      3248 9002 3243 9007 3239 9007 3238 9010
      3235 9011 3232 9016 3229 9016 3229 9017
      3225 9020 3221 9019 3215 9025 3210 9040

$$

BYB
1 follow-up statement
126 
WGUS74 KJAN 280629
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
129 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

MSC049-089-280830-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-140528T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON MS-HINDS MS-
129 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR HINDS
AND MADISON COUNTIES...

AT 129 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SLOW MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 
RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 
FARMHAVEN TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF BYRAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 
ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO TO FOUR 
INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF WARNED 
AREA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.

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 3216 9047 3268 9005 3269 8973 3251 8993
      3248 9002 3243 9007 3239 9007 3238 9010
      3235 9011 3232 9016 3229 9016 3229 9017
      3225 9020 3221 9019 3215 9025 3210 9040

$$

BYB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba49 min
May 27, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba, Winston59 min
May 27, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANNeshoba, Winston2 hr
May 27, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANOktibbeha, Webster59 min
May 28, 12:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison43 min
May 28, 12:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin58 min
May 28, 4:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchJANAdams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more39 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2014Every flash 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.