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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 30, 2017, 8:12 AM CDT for Franklin County, Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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 30, 2017, 8:12 AM CDT (13:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2017, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Franklin County, MS, Lincoln County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 9:05 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.39 | 4 S Bude, MS | 24 HOUR RAINFALL AS OF 9 AM AT BDEM6 RIVER GAUGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 647 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted.
809
WGUS54 KJAN 301312
FFWJAN
MSC037-085-301615-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0032.170430T1312Z-170430T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
812 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2017
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Lincoln County in south central Mississippi...
Franklin County in southwestern Mississippi...
* Until 1115 AM CDT
* At 812 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Brookhaven, Bude, Enterprise, Caseyville, Mccall Creek, Bogue
Chitto, Hamburg, Garden City, West Lincoln, Vaughn, East Lincoln,
Little Springs, Ruth, Loyd Star, Center Point, Kirby, New Hope,
Roxie and Meadville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3135 9116 3160 9116 3161 9115 3161 9074
3169 9073 3170 9041 3169 9041 3169 9038
3170 9038 3170 9024 3135 9025 3135 9098
3134 9099 3135 9102 3132 9112
$$
JMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 6:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 6:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 7:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 7:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 7:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Warren | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 7:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Simpson | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 8:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 8:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 8:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Warren, Yazoo | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 8:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 8:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 59 min |
| Apr 30, 8:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 9:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore | 66 min |
| Apr 30, 9:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 9:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Humphreys, Madison | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Montgomery | 53 min |
| Apr 30, 9:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Leflore | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 9:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Montgomery, Webster | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 9:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery, Webster | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 10:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Montgomery | 22 min |
| Apr 30, 10:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Noxubee | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 10:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 11:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 11:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 8 min |
| Apr 30, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 34 min |
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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.