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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Jackson, MS

June 6, 2017Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2017, 5:56 AM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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 6, 2017, 5:56 AM CDT (10:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2017, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Jones County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:56 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
Jun 6, 5:56 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 Ne Ellisville, MSJONES EOC REPORTS A FEW ROADS FLOODED IN ELLISVILLE.
Jun 6, 6:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD8 Ssw Ellisville, MSJONES EOC REPORTS HOME FLOODED ON SELLERS RD IN MOSELLE.
Jun 6, 6:10 AM CDTFLASH FLOODEllisville, MSADDITIONAL FLOODING OF STREETS REPORTS IN ELLISVILLE BY JONES COUNTY EOC.
Jun 6, 6:35 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 6.3210 Nnw Petal, MS6.32 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED SINCE ABOUT 200 AM CDT BY THE AWOS AT HATTIESBURG-LAUREL AIRPORT (PIB)...JUST OVER FIVE INCHES OF THAT FELL IN TWO HOURS.

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 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2017-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 734 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2017-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
734 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted.

523 
WGUS54 KJAN 061056
FFWJAN
MSC067-061400-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0052.170606T1056Z-170606T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
556 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Jones County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 900 AM CDT

* At 555 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. 

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Laurel, Ellisville, Sandersville, Mill Creek, Tuckers Crossing,
  Moselle, Ovett and Soso.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 8934 3180 8928 3183 8894 3143 8895

$$

EC
1 follow-up statement
562 
WGUS74 KJAN 061245
FFSJAN

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
745 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017

MSC067-061400-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-170606T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Jones MS-
745 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR
JONES COUNTY...

At 740 AM CDT, although rain has mostly ended across the warning 
area, up to seven inches of rain has fallen in some locations and 
flash flooding is ongoing. Some roads and bridges and homes are 
flooded and either closed or washed out according to reports from 
emergency management personnel. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 8934 3180 8928 3183 8894 3143 8895

$$

EC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 4:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jones3 hr
Jun 6, 8:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest3 hr
Jun 6, 9:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANJones3 hr
Jun 6, 10:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANAttala3 hr
Jun 6, 11:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANJones9 hr

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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.