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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Jackson, MS

July 1, 2017Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2017, 7:32 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2017, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2017, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lauderdale County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2017-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 657 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 2017-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -75 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
657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

702 
WGUS54 KJAN 020032
FFWJAN
MSC075-020230-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0083.170702T0032Z-170702T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
732 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2017

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Lauderdale County in east central Mississippi...

* Until 930 PM CDT

* At 731 PM 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. 
  Emergency management is reporting some intersections in Meridian 
  are flooding. 

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Lauderdale, Meridian, Meridian Station, Marion, Zero, Increase,
  Martin, Meehan, Toomsuba, Savoy, Suqualena, Kewanee, Nellieburg and
  Alamucha.

Additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3225 8843 3222 8887 3222 8891 3251 8892
      3257 8891 3256 8841

$$

JC
1 follow-up statement
182 
WGUS74 KJAN 020157
FFSJAN

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
857 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2017

MSC075-020207-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0083.000000T0000Z-170702T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lauderdale MS-
857 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3225 8843 3222 8887 3222 8891 3251 8892
      3257 8891 3256 8841

$$

JC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJasper27 min
Jul 2, 3:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHumphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey67 min
Jul 2, 4:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes, Humphreys, Yazoo54 min
Jul 2, 6:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANIssaquena, Sharkey48 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.