Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Jul 2, 1989, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)

Expired

Jul 2, 1989, 6:20 PM CDT

In force

87 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Amite County, MS, Franklin County, MS

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
453 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
          ...AMITE...FRANKLIN
 
AT 450 PM CDT...SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI FROM SOUTH OF NATCHEZ TO LIBERTY. 3 BRIDGES HAVE
RECENTLY BEEN WASHED OUT IN FRANKLIN COUNTY...WHERE AN ESTIMATED 6
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE LAST NIGHT. THESE PRESENT
THUNDERSTORMS POSE THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF MORE HEAVY RAINS THAT COULD
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER MUST BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
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In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
120 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUEING OVER SOUTH HALF OF MISSISSIPPI...

JACKSON RADAR IS CONTINUING TO SHOW RAIN ALONG WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER-
STORMS OVER MOST OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI.  INCLUDED WITHIN
THIS AREA ARE TWO LINES OF RATHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

THE FIRST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHES FROM NORTH OF VICKSBURG EAST
TO NEAR DEKALB.  INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ON THIS LINE ARE MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH WHILE THE ENTIRE LINE DROPS SLOWLY SOUTH.  THE WESTERN PORTION
OF THIS LINE IS APPROACHING JACKSON AND THE RESERVOIR.

TO THE SOUTH...A SECOND LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHES FROM JUST SOUTH
OF MERIDIAN TO NEAR POPLARVILLE.  THIS LINES IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY
RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989

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.