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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Jackson, MS

August 14, 2021Lamar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2021, 7:48 PM CDT for Lamar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report 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 14, 2021, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lamar County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 14, 8:28 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD4 Ssw Bellevue, MSWATER HAD COVERED PART OF WPA ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2021-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 849 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2021-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
849 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1405 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

313 
WGUS54 KJAN 150048
FFWJAN
MSC073-150300-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0075.210815T0048Z-210815T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
748 PM CDT Sat Aug 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Lamar County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 1000 PM CDT.

* At 748 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain 
  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 3 inches in 1 
  hour. 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...
  Hattiesburg and Pine Ridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3112 8959 3122 8958 3131 8956 3134 8945
      3122 8940 3112 8946

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

$$

TW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 7:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLamar48 min
Aug 14, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClay47 min
Aug 14, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClay49 min
Aug 14, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWebster33 min
Aug 14, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANOktibbeha47 min
Aug 14, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke43 min
Aug 14, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWebster43 min
Aug 14, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJefferson Davis34 min
Aug 14, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke41 min
Aug 15, 1:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest24 min
Aug 15, 1:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes32 min
Aug 15, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMadison43 min
Aug 15, 6:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANScott, Smith2 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.