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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Jackson, MS
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 1:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.74 | Jackson, MS | MEASURED IN ONE HOUR BY HAWKINS FIELD ASOS KHKS |
| May 28, 3:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Jackson, MS | SIGNIFICANT 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.
- 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
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
$$
BYB1 follow-up statement
126
WGUS74 KJAN 280629
FFSJAN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
129 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2014
MSC049-089-280830-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-140528T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MADISON MS-HINDS MS-
129 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR HINDS
AND MADISON COUNTIES...
AT 129 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SLOW MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
FARMHAVEN TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF BYRAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
ESTIMATED RADAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ON THE ORDER OF TWO TO FOUR
INCHES...HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST TWO HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF WARNED
AREA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
TWO HOURS. WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3216 9047 3268 9005 3269 8973 3251 8993
3248 9002 3243 9007 3239 9007 3238 9010
3235 9011 3232 9016 3229 9016 3229 9017
3225 9020 3221 9019 3215 9025 3210 9040
$$
BYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Neshoba | 49 min |
| May 27, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 59 min |
| May 27, 8:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 2 hr |
| May 27, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Oktibbeha, Webster | 59 min |
| May 28, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 43 min |
| May 28, 12:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin | 58 min |
| May 28, 4:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 39 hr |
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.