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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Jackson, MS

July 14, 2021Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2021, 6:20 PM CDT for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 111 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
Jul 14, 2021, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2021, 8:11 PM CDT
In force
111 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Hinds County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 9 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 2021-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1418 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 2021-07-14The 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
1418 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

147 
WGUS54 KJAN 142320
FFWJAN
MSC049-150215-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0064.210714T2320Z-210715T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
620 PM CDT Wed Jul 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East Central Hinds County in central Mississippi...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 620 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are 
  possible in the warned area. 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...
  Jackson.

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 3234 9034 3240 9027 3240 9008 3239 9009
      3238 9010 3233 9013 3232 9014 3233 9015
      3232 9015 3231 9015 3231 9016 3229 9015
      3229 9016 3228 9017 3229 9018 3228 9018

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

GRG
1 follow-up statement
417 
WGUS74 KJAN 150111
FFSJAN

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
811 PM CDT Wed Jul 14 2021

MSC049-150121-
/O.CAN.KJAN.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-210715T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hinds MS-
811 PM CDT Wed Jul 14 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL HINDS COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat.

LAT...LON 3234 9034 3240 9027 3240 9008 3239 9009
      3238 9010 3233 9013 3232 9014 3233 9015
      3232 9015 3231 9015 3231 9016 3229 9015
      3229 9016 3228 9017 3229 9018 3228 9018

$$

GRG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds44 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2021Every flash flood warning in 2021

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.