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Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Jackson, MS

September 28, 2021Clarke County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 2021, 3:32 PM CDT for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 55 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
Sep 28, 2021, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2021, 4:27 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Clarke County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 2021-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1285 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 2021-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
1285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

782 
WGUS54 KJAN 282032
FFWJAN
MSC023-282330-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0101.210928T2032Z-210928T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
332 PM CDT Tue Sep 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

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

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 332 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. The expected rainfall rate is 1 
  to 3 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to 
  begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Quitman, De Soto, Sykes, Crandall, Goodwater and Shubuta.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3183 8888 3213 8886 3216 8844 3189 8847
      3185 8864 3184 8873

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

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1 follow-up statement
153 
WGUS74 KJAN 282127
FFSJAN

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
427 PM CDT Tue Sep 28 2021

MSC023-282137-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0101.000000T0000Z-210928T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Clarke MS-
427 PM CDT Tue Sep 28 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CLARKE COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 3183 8888 3213 8886 3216 8844 3189 8847
      3185 8864 3184 8873

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 6:34 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryJANClarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Hinds, Jasper and 13 more3 hr

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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.