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Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Jackson, MS

July 19, 2021Scott County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT for Scott 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
Jul 19, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT (14:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2021, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Scott County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:04 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 2021-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1706 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 2021-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
1706 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

024 
WGUS54 KJAN 191400
FFWJAN
MSC123-191600-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0068.210719T1400Z-210719T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
900 AM CDT Mon Jul 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Scott County in central Mississippi...

* Until 1100 AM CDT.

* At 900 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 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...
  Forest, Morton, Homewood, Pulaski and Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3222 8973 3237 8973 3237 8932 3222 8932

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

CME

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSimpson49 min
Jul 19, 3:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSharkey57 min
Jul 19, 4:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANYazoo59 min
Jul 19, 4:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANWashington3 hr
Jul 19, 4:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale61 min
Jul 19, 5:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton3 hr
Jul 19, 7:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale45 min
Jul 19, 9:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake4 days
Jul 19, 9:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningJANClarke4 days
Jul 19, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLincoln26 min

Nearby

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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.