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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 6, 2025, 1:56 AM CDT for 7 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 4 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
- Apr 6, 2025, 1:56 AM CDT (06:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2025, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Simpson County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
The text
As transmitted.
515
WGUS54 KJAN 060656
FFWJAN
MSC021-029-037-063-077-085-127-061030-
/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0021.250406T0656Z-250406T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
156 AM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025
The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Copiah County in central Mississippi...
Western Simpson County in central Mississippi...
Northwestern Lawrence County in south central Mississippi...
Lincoln County in south central Mississippi...
Southeastern Claiborne County in southwestern Mississippi...
Franklin County in southwestern Mississippi...
Southeastern Jefferson County in southwestern Mississippi...
* Until 530 AM CDT.
* At 156 AM 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 3 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...
Brookhaven, Crystal Springs, Hazlehurst, Meadville, Wesson, Bude,
Bogue Chitto, Beauregard, Georgetown, Braxton, Loyd Star, Vaughn,
Glancy, Caseyville, Allen, Martinsville, Barlow, West Lincoln,
Pleasant Hill and Mccall Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3132 9111 3135 9116 3205 9060 3205 8991
3135 9041 3135 9102
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
ECThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Humphreys, Sunflower, Washington | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Clay | 61 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 6 days |
| Apr 5, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 9:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Warren | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 74 min |
| Apr 5, 10:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Montgomery | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson | 76 min |
| Apr 5, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 76 min |
| Apr 5, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Montgomery | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 53 min |
| Apr 5, 11:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 5, 11:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 4 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott | 64 min |
| Apr 6, 12:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Apr 6, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 66 min |
| Apr 6, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 62 min |
| Apr 6, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Leake | 47 min |
| Apr 6, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin, Scott | 63 min |
| Apr 6, 1:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 22 min |
| Apr 6, 1:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 66 min |
| Apr 6, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 65 min |
| Apr 6, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 47 min |
| Apr 6, 1:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Rankin, Scott | 4 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin, Scott | 61 min |
| Apr 6, 2:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | 57 min |
| Apr 6, 2:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Winston | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 63 min |
| Apr 6, 2:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 30 min |
| Apr 6, 2:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 61 min |
| Apr 6, 3:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 53 min |
| Apr 6, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 65 min |
| Apr 6, 3:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | 67 min |
| Apr 6, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 39 min |
| Apr 6, 4:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 18 min |
| Apr 6, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones, Newton, Scott, Smith | 58 min |
| Apr 6, 4:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones, Smith | 51 min |
| Apr 6, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 25 min |
| Apr 6, 5:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 5:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 3 days |
| Apr 6, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Newton | 63 min |
| Apr 6, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 67 min |
| Apr 6, 5:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 56 min |
| Apr 6, 5:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 40 min |
| Apr 6, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 33 min |
| Apr 6, 6:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Forrest | 47 min |
| Apr 6, 10:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 4 days |
| Apr 6, 10:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 3 days |
| Apr 6, 12:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 3 days |
| Apr 6, 12:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | Leflore | 9 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.