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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Jackson, MS

March 8, 20245 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 8, 2024, 11:36 AM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2024, 11:36 AM CST (17:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 2024, 4:30 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Jasper County, MS, Newton County, MS, Scott County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2024-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2024-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 430 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-390 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
430 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
607 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 8, 10:12 AM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 10:12 AM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 8, 7:54 AM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
754 AM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0728 AM     Hail             2 ESE Ridgeland         32.42N 90.09W
03/08/2024  E1.00 inch       Madison            MS   Public

            Quarter size hail by Smith Marine along
            Harbor Drive. Time estimated by radar.

&&

DC
Local storm report, Mar 8, 9:14 AM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
914 AM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0756 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 NW Leesburg           32.47N 89.79W
03/08/2024                   Rankin             MS   Emergency Mngr

            Tree down across Red Oak Rd.

&&

CE
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 9:33 AM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
933 AM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

MSZ054-055-081615-
Copiah MS-Simpson MS-
933 AM CST Fri Mar 8 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SIMPSON AND CENTRAL
COPIAH COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 AM CST...

At 933 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Hazlehurst, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Crystal Springs and Hopewell around 940 AM CST.
  Harrisville around 950 AM CST.
  Braxton around 955 AM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3189 9058 3205 9032 3205 8983 3174 9047
TIME...MOT...LOC 1533Z 237DEG 48KT 3189 9040

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Local storm report, Mar 8, 10:36 AM CST, 1 hour before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 4:33 AM CSTFlood WatchJANAdams, Attala, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 29 more15 hr
Mar 8, 5:15 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANIssaquena60 min
Mar 8, 5:46 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANSharkey, Yazoo59 min
Mar 8, 6:32 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds, Madison58 min
Mar 8, 7:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin50 min
Mar 8, 7:23 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake52 min
Mar 8, 7:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott34 min
Mar 8, 8:24 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANNoxubee43 hr
Mar 8, 9:32 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANJones5 days
Mar 8, 9:33 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANCopiah42 min
Mar 8, 9:34 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANMadison, Yazoo14 days
Mar 8, 9:34 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANAttala, Holmes5 days
Mar 8, 9:34 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANHinds, Warren11 days
Mar 8, 9:39 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake6 days
Mar 8, 9:39 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANLeake4 days
Mar 8, 9:39 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANNeshoba5 days
Mar 8, 9:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Rankin6 hr
Mar 8, 11:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Rankin, Simpson5 hr
Mar 8, 11:45 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke, Lauderdale, Newton60 min
Mar 8, 11:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton55 min
Mar 8, 12:42 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale3 hr
Mar 8, 3:02 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANSimpson3 days
Mar 8, 3:02 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANCopiah, Simpson11 days
Mar 8, 3:02 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJANLawrence12 days
Mar 8, 3:21 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln3 hr
Mar 8, 4:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion45 min
Mar 8, 4:03 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones42 min
Mar 8, 4:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar, Marion35 min
Mar 8, 4:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANMarion3 hr
Mar 8, 4:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Jones26 min
Mar 8, 4:39 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANForrest, Lamar3 hr
Mar 8, 4:12 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANMorehouse63 min
Mar 8, 4:53 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementJANRichland, West Carroll52 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.