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Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Jackson, MS

June 13, 2021Kemper County, Noxubee County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2021, 2:36 PM CDT for Kemper County, Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 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
Jun 13, 2021, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Kemper County, MS, Noxubee County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 597 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
597 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

422 
WGUS54 KJAN 131936
FFWJAN
MSC069-103-132145-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0058.210613T1936Z-210613T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
236 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Kemper County in east central Mississippi...
  Eastern Noxubee County in east central Mississippi...

* Until 445 PM CDT.

* At 236 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Paulette, Cooksville, Electric Mills, Prairie Point, Bigbee Valley 
  and Scooba.

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 3318 8850 3327 8831 3268 8838 3272 8855
      3277 8862

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

DL
1 follow-up statement
849 
WGUS74 KJAN 132106
FFSJAN

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
406 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021

MSC069-103-132145-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0058.000000T0000Z-210613T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Kemper MS-Noxubee MS-
406 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN KEMPER AND SOUTHEASTERN NOXUBEE 
COUNTIES...

At 405 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned 
area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is 
ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.

SOURCE...Doppler radar.

IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
         drainage and low lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Paulette, Cooksville, Electric Mills, Prairie Point and Scooba.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3293 8855 3311 8847 3327 8831 3268 8838
      3272 8855 3277 8862

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

DL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper54 min
Jun 13, 12:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes23 min
Jun 13, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes45 min
Jun 13, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes50 min
Jun 13, 1:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLowndes3 hr
Jun 13, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Lowndes41 min
Jun 13, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper, Noxubee52 min
Jun 13, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper48 min
Jun 13, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWinston57 min
Jun 13, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale, Neshoba, Newton63 min
Jun 13, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Winston44 min
Jun 13, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANOktibbeha40 min
Jun 13, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba31 min
Jun 13, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWebster27 min
Jun 13, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Webster67 min
Jun 13, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton67 min
Jun 13, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala24 min
Jun 13, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott66 min
Jun 13, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw49 min
Jun 13, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington29 min
Jun 13, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery63 min
Jun 13, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Jones, Smith78 min
Jun 13, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Simpson56 min
Jun 13, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala62 min
Jun 13, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington44 min
Jun 13, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore, Sunflower60 min
Jun 13, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison, Rankin59 min
Jun 13, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar66 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSimpson60 min
Jun 13, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes52 min
Jun 13, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Holmes48 min
Jun 13, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANOktibbeha32 min
Jun 13, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin44 min
Jun 13, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar, Marion34 min
Jun 13, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison, Yazoo58 min
Jun 13, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin28 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.