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Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2017, 10:49 AM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 7 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
- Jul 25, 2017, 10:49 AM CDT (15:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2017, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Covington County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Simpson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 11:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | New Hebron, MS | FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING DUE TO WATER ON CHERRY STREET EXTENSION & FERGUSON MILL ROAD. |
| Jul 25, 11:35 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | New Hebron, MS | LOCAL RESTAURANT, HAMBURGER HOUSE, HAD 10-12'' OF WATER INSIDE. |
| Jul 25, 12:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S New Hebron, MS | MDOT CLOSED MS 43 BETWEEN SILVER CREEK AND MS 478 DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Jul 25, 12:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | New Hebron, MS | NUMEROUS ROADS IN DOWNTOWN NEW HEBRON FLOODED; INCLUDING HWY 43 (NORTH AND SOUTH) AND HWY 42. |
| Jul 25, 12:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | New Hebron, MS | WATER ENTERING HOMES AROUND CHERRY AVE/HWY 43. |
| Jul 25, 12:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nnw New Hebron, MS | MDOT REPORTS HWY 42 BETWEEN NEW HEBRON AND JOE BUCKLEY RD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Jul 25, 12:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 N New Hebron, MS | FLOODING ON HWY 43 NEAR SHIVERS. |
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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 806 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
467
WGUS54 KJAN 251549
FFWJAN
MSC031-065-077-127-251845-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0095.170725T1549Z-170725T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1049 AM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Simpson County in central Mississippi...
Northeastern Lawrence County in south central Mississippi...
Northwestern Covington County in southeastern Mississippi...
Northwestern Jefferson Davis County in south central Mississippi...
* Until 145 PM CDT
* At 1048 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash
flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Magee, Pinola, Mount Olive, Clem, Sanatorium, Martinville, Shivers
and New Hebron.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3174 9016 3175 9012 3177 9013 3178 9011
3179 9011 3179 9014 3180 9015 3183 9013
3183 9015 3205 8966 3201 8965 3178 8965
3178 8964 3168 8964 3160 8997
$$
191 follow-up statement
130
WGUS74 KJAN 251710
FFSJAN
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1210 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017
MSC031-065-077-127-251845-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0095.000000T0000Z-170725T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Simpson MS-Lawrence MS-Covington MS-Jefferson Davis MS-
1210 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SIMPSON...NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON
AND NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES...
At 1205 PM CDT, emergency management reported flash flooding in New
Hebron in Lawrence County. Three to five inches of rain have already
fallen across the warned area.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Magee, Pinola, Mount Olive, Clem, Sanatorium, Martinville, Shivers
and New Hebron.
Additional rainfall amounts of two to three inches are possible
in the warned area over the next couple of hours.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3174 9016 3175 9012 3177 9013 3178 9011
3179 9011 3179 9014 3180 9015 3183 9013
3183 9015 3205 8966 3201 8965 3178 8965
3178 8964 3168 8964 3160 8997
$$
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 7:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 10:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 10:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 12:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 12 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Humphreys | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 1:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Simpson | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sharkey | 27 min |
| Jul 25, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Yazoo | 28 min |
| Jul 25, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Warren | 23 min |
| Jul 25, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Yazoo | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Carroll | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 3:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 12 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 28 min |
| Jul 25, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Neshoba | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 28 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.