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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2017, 3:07 PM CDT for Attala County, Mississippi. It was in force for 113 min. 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
- Jun 3, 2017, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Attala County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sse Kosciusko, MS | FLOOD WATER ENTERED A HOME IN THE WILLIAMSVILLE AREA. REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jun 3, 3:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Kosciusko, MS | MULTIPLE STREETS FLOODED IN THE CITY OF KOSCIUSKO. |
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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
556
WGUS54 KJAN 032007
FFWJAN
MSC007-032200-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0049.170603T2007Z-170603T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
307 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 2017
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Attala County in central Mississippi...
* Until 500 PM CDT
* At 307 PM CDT, local broadcast media reported flash flooding in
the city of Kosciusko. Two to three inches of rain have already
fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Kosciusko, Hesterville, Mcadams, Possumneck, Smyrna, Ethel and
Sallis.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3299 8932 3294 8964 3298 8988 3300 8988
3304 8984 3306 8984 3307 8982 3311 8982
3312 8980 3316 8979 3317 8978 3319 8978
3320 8977 3317 8932
$$
DL1 follow-up statement
431
WGUS74 KJAN 032112
FFSJAN
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
412 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 2017
MSC007-032122-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-170603T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Attala MS-
412 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ATTALA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any
remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3299 8932 3294 8964 3298 8988 3300 8988
3304 8984 3306 8984 3307 8982 3311 8982
3312 8980 3316 8979 3317 8978 3319 8978
3320 8977 3317 8932
$$
DLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion | 53 min |
| Jun 3, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 4:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 113 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.