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Flash Flood Warning 99, NWS Jackson, MS

July 25, 2017Copiah County, Jefferson Davis County, Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2017, 1:44 PM CDT for Copiah County, Jefferson Davis County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr. 3 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, 1:44 PM CDT (18:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2017, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Copiah County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Simpson County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 2:02 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD5 E New Hebron, MSROAD CLOSED; BRIDGE COMPLETELY SUBMERGED IN WATER.
Jul 25, 2:04 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 Nne New Hebron, MSNED RILEY RD. CLOSED, BRIDGE COMPLETELY SUBMERGED IN WATER.
Jul 25, 2:05 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 Ne New Hebron, MSJONES FORD RD. CLOSED,; BRIDGE COMPLETELY SUBMERGED IN WATER.

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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 12:00Z on 2017-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 806 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 12:00Z on 2017-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

661 
WGUS54 KJAN 251844
FFWJAN
MSC029-065-127-252045-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0099.170725T1844Z-170725T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
144 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Simpson County in central Mississippi...
  Southeastern Copiah County in central Mississippi...
  Northwestern Jefferson Davis County in south central Mississippi...

* Until 345 PM CDT

* At 143 PM CDT, emergency management reported heavy rain across the 
  warned area. Radar indicates over 10 inches of rain have fallen 
  over the last 36 hours across portions of southern Simpson and 
  northwestern Jefferson Davis counties. Flash flooding is already 
  occurring. Several roads are flooded in the Shivers and New Hebron 
  areas.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Pinola, Union, Shivers, Clem, Rockport and Georgetown. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3160 8997 3176 8998 3176 9013 3173 9019
      3172 9023 3190 9018 3188 8995 3184 8981
      3177 8975 3165 8976

$$

DL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes26 min
Jul 25, 7:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln3 hr
Jul 25, 10:16 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANLincoln3 hr
Jul 25, 10:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson3 hr
Jul 25, 10:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln3 hr
Jul 25, 12:37 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyJANLawrence3 hr
Jul 25, 1:11 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln12 hr
Jul 25, 1:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence3 hr
Jul 25, 1:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHumphreys52 min
Jul 25, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSharkey27 min
Jul 25, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANYazoo28 min
Jul 25, 2:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWarren23 min
Jul 25, 3:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANYazoo26 min
Jul 25, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCarroll30 min
Jul 25, 3:25 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJANCopiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson12 hr
Jul 25, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison28 min
Jul 25, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren48 min
Jul 25, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba29 min
Jul 25, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClaiborne26 min
Jul 25, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne37 min
Jul 25, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANBolivar37 min
Jul 25, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJefferson29 min
Jul 25, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWashington28 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.