Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Jackson, MS
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:56 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Ellisville, MS | JONES EOC REPORTS A FEW ROADS FLOODED IN ELLISVILLE. |
| Jun 6, 6:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 8 Ssw Ellisville, MS | JONES EOC REPORTS HOME FLOODED ON SELLERS RD IN MOSELLE. |
| Jun 6, 6:10 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ellisville, MS | ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF STREETS REPORTS IN ELLISVILLE BY JONES COUNTY EOC. |
| Jun 6, 6:35 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.32 | 10 Nnw Petal, MS | 6.32 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 8:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 9:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 10:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 11:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 9 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.