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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 2018, 5:24 PM CDT for Hinds County, Madison County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr. 2 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
- Aug 17, 2018, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2018, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 5:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ne Madison, MS | TWO HOMES WERE FLOODED, 1 IN HUNTERS POINT AND 1 IN HIGHLAND RIDGE SUBDIVISIONS. |
| Aug 17, 5:49 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nw Flowood, MS | WATER COVERING THE INTERSECTION OF RIDGEWOOD RD AND WILHURST ST. PICTURE RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 1646 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
823
WGUS54 KJAN 172224
FFWJAN
MSC049-089-121-180030-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0071.180817T2224Z-180818T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
524 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2018
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Rankin County in central Mississippi...
Southeastern Hinds County in central Mississippi...
Southeastern Madison County in central Mississippi...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 523 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across portions of the Jackson metro area. Up to two
inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to
begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Jackson, Clinton, Pearl, Madison, Ridgeland, Canton, Byram,
Flowood, Richland, Raymond, Terry, Utica, Dry Grove, Goshen
Springs, Gluckstadt, Whites, Annandale, Fannin and Learned.
Additional rainfall amounts of 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 3260 8978 3205 9022 3205 9065 3221 9059
3236 9041 3259 9014
$$
EC1 follow-up statement
331
WGUS74 KJAN 180026
FFSJAN
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
726 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2018
MSC049-089-121-180036-
/O.EXP.KJAN.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-180818T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Rankin MS-Hinds MS-Madison MS-
726 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL RANKIN...SOUTHEASTERN HINDS
AND SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
The heavy rain has ended. Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any
remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3260 8978 3205 9022 3205 9065 3221 9059
3236 9041 3259 9014
$$
NFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Neshoba | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sharkey | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 1:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 2:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Winston | 28 min |
| Aug 17, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Warren | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Montgomery | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Oktibbeha | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Webster | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Winston | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 56 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.