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Flash Flood Warning 84, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2017, 10:15 AM CDT for Sunflower County, Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 8, 2017, 10:15 AM CDT (15:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2017, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1916 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
484 WGUS54 KJAN 081515 FFWJAN MSC133-151-081815- /O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0084.170708T1515Z-170708T1815Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Jackson MS 1015 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2017 The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Sunflower County in northwestern Mississippi... Northeastern Washington County in northwestern Mississippi... * Until 115 PM CDT * At 1014 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Indianola, Inverness, Tribbett and Holly Ridge. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 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 3347 9055 3328 9056 3328 9086 3347 9087 $$ JM
1 follow-up statement
644 WGUS74 KJAN 081719 FFSJAN Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Jackson MS 1219 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 2017 MSC133-151-081729- /O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0084.000000T0000Z-170708T1815Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Sunflower MS-Washington MS- 1219 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SUNFLOWER AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3347 9055 3328 9056 3328 9086 3347 9087 $$ JM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 7:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 8:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 8:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 8:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 9:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 9:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 10:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 11:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Neshoba | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 12:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 12:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 12:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 12:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 1:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Covington | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.