1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 5, 2:00 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 300 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2002 FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS...CENTER OF TD BERTHA NOW MOVING W JUST S OF KMCB...HEAVY RAIN OPPORTUNITY SWRN MS TONIGHT WITH RETURN TO SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA TUESDAY. A WEAKENING FRONT DROPS SWD ACROSS THE CWFA WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY FOLLOWED BY SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR FRIDAY BUT MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN/TSRA RETURNS LATE IN THE WEEKEND WITH STRONG NWLY FLOW SHORTWAVE. IN THE SHORT TERM...THE PROGGED WLY TURN OF TD BERTHA FINALLY TOOK PLACE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE CENTER REMAINING JUST S OF KMCB. THE FORWARD MOTION PROGGED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL KEEP HEAVY RAIN MENTIONED THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR SWRN PORTIONS OF MS. SINCE 3 HOUR FFG STILL ABOVE 3 INCHES IN THOSE AREAS...HAVE OPTED TO JUST MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO. ANY LOCALIZED FLOODING WOULD APPEAR TO BE MINIMAL AS THE NOCTURNAL CONSOLIDATION AROUND THE TD SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN KHEZ AND KPOE... UNLESS BERTHA STALLS OUT COMPLETELY. THAT PLACES THE CENTER IN CENTRAL LA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM TAKING OUR CWFA OUT OF THE HEAVY RAIN ZONE. ON TUESDAY...TEMPORARY DRYING OUT IN THE WAKE OF BERTHA AS ELY WINDS MAINTAINED IN THE LOW LEVELS. EXPECT ONE DECENT WARMUP DAY ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE A COLD FRONT DIVES SWD DOWN THE MS VALLEY REACHING OUR CWFA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON(A BIT SLOWER THAN MAN/MIX PROGS). THIS FRONT BRINGS MORE DRY AIR IN FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH ONLY ISOLATED AFTERNOON TSRA. GOING INTO THE EXTENDED...CENTRAL CONUS UPPER ANTICYCLONE STARTS TO BREAK DOWN FRIDAY AND GETS SHOVED SWWD TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS REGION ON SATURDAY. A STRONG UPPER SHORTWAVE THEN TOPS THE RIDGE AND BEGINS DIGGING TOWARD THE TN VALLEY FOR SUNDAY WHEN AN ORGANIZED ROUND OF CONVECTION SHOULD MATERIALIZE FOR THE LOWER MS VALLEY. 12Z AVN EXTENSION HAS TRENDED STRONGER THAN 00Z GFS AND HAS SOME SUPPORT FROM THE ENSEMBLES...UK AND NOGAPS CONCUR WITH ECMWF AND CANADIAN WEAKER THAN THE OTHERS. PRELIM NUMBERS JAN 73/93/72/94/70 73143 MEI 72/94/71/95/69 53143 .JAN... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. MS...NONE.
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 061200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 311 PM CDT MON AUG 05 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. THE REMANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND PATCHES OF RAIN OF RAIN OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE SOME THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT BUT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. ...FLOODING... AT LATE AFTERNOON THE CENTER OF WHAT REMAINS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA WAS OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE WEST NORTHWEST. WHILE THERE WILL BE RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA TONIGHT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE NEARER THE CENTER OF THE DECAYING DEPRESSION. RAINFALL OF UP TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER LAWRENCE...LINCOLN...FRANKLIN...ADAMS...COPIAH AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI AND CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA...TENSAS AND FRANKLIN PARISHES IN LOUISIANA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND PONDING ON STEETS AND ROADWAYS. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO STANDING WATER. ACTIVIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONEL MAY BE REQUIRED IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall, associated with a thunderstorm, washed out East Reservoir Road. Water was also reported across several other roads in the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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