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Flash Flood Warning 93, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2021, 5:01 PM CDT for Clarke County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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 30, 2021, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clarke County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 5:25 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Quitman, MS | BROAD AREA FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 145/ARCHUSA DRIVE. |
| Aug 30, 6:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Marion, MS | NUMEROUS HOMES FLOODED IN VAN ZYVERDEN COMMUNITY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
474
WGUS54 KJAN 302201
FFWJAN
MSC023-075-310100-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0093.210830T2201Z-210831T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
501 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Clarke County in east central Mississippi...
Lauderdale County in east central Mississippi...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 501 PM 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 training rain bands from
Tropical Depression Ida.
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...
Lauderdale, Meridian, Quitman, Meridian Station, Marion,
Stonewall, Sable, Zero, Middleton, Savoy, Increase, Sykes, Snell,
Nellieburg, Meehan, Alamucha, Toomsuba, De Soto, Suqualena and
Crandall.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Hurricane Creek, Little Double Creek, Fivemile Creek, Alamuchee
Creek, Gays Branch, Chinquapin Creek, Rocky Creek, Little Bogue
Homo, Toomsuba Creek, Chickasawhay River, Goodwater Creek,
Tallahatta Creek, Possum Creek, Bean Creek, Twistwood Creek,
Fallen Creek, Brush Creek, Algood Creek, Lost Horse Creek, Tedder
Branch, Cane Creek, Cedar Creek, Brandon Branch, Mingo Creek,
Baker Creek, Bostic Branch, Riley Mill Creek, Motts Creek, Tompeat
Creek, Double Creek, Big Reed Creek, Brothers Branch, Little
Alamuchee Creek, Garland Creek, Peach Tree Creek, Wright Creek,
Flower, Bogue, Twitley Branch, Prairie Branch, Gordon Creek,
Hanging Moss Creek, Long Branch, Homo, Bogue, Graham Mill Creek,
Luke Fluffer Creek, Archusa Creek, Chunky River, Chicwillasaw
Creek, Johnnie Branch, Buckatunna Creek, Dry Creek, Shots Creek,
Mayatte Creek, Salem Creek, Loper Creek, Shubuta Creek, Irby Mill
Creek, Bolingchessa Creek, Bailey Branch, Ponta Creek, Bales
Creek, Long Creek, Sowashee Creek, Curtis Branch, Hollicar Creek,
Castaffa Creek, Cokers Branch, Moore Mill Creek, Okatibbee Creek,
Rolling Creek and Souenlovie Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3257 8891 3258 8839 3189 8847 3183 8891
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JNE1 follow-up statement
174
WGUS74 KJAN 302354
FFSJAN
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
654 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
MSC023-075-310100-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0093.000000T0000Z-210831T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Clarke MS-Lauderdale MS-
654 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR CLARKE AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES...
At 654 PM CDT, Heavy rain bands have begun to move out of the warned
area. Water in a few homes were reported in Meridian due to the
heavier rain. Another inch of rain could be possible mainly over the
next hour.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Lauderdale, Meridian, Quitman, Meridian Station, Marion,
Stonewall, Sable, Zero, Middleton, Savoy, Increase, Sykes, Snell,
Nellieburg, Meehan, Alamucha, Toomsuba, De Soto, Suqualena and
Crandall.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3257 8891 3258 8839 3189 8847 3183 8891
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JNEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 3:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin, Smith | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin, Smith | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Hinds, Jasper, Jones, Rankin, Scott and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 22 min |
| Aug 30, 3:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 118 min |
| Aug 30, 4:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.