Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 1990, 5:07 AM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1990, 5:07 AM CDT (10:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1990, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones County, MS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 131007 RRA FFWMEI MSC067-131415- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 507 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...JONES COUNTY AT 500 AM CDT THE STAGE OF THE TALLAHALA CREEK IN LAUREL MISSISSIPPI WAS 13.64 FEET. THE CREEK SHOULD CREST NEAR 14.5 FEET AT 700 AM CDT THIS SUNDAY MORNING. THEN A SLOW FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 900 AM CDT SHOULD OCCUR. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNONG FOR WAYNE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHE\RE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 13, 12:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
MSZALL-130200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1235 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 2AM.. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1230 AM..A 50 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS A PORTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI FROM PORT GIBSON TO HATTIESBURG. THE STRONGEST OF THE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR HERMANVILLE...NEAR GEORGETOWN...AND NEAR BASSFIELD. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED IN A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WHICH COVERED MOST OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI. THIS RAIN AREA WAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A VICKSBURG...TO COLUMBUS LINE. < OTHER THUNDEJRSTORMS ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND SHOULD BE AFFECTING SOUTH MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, May 13, 12:53 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1253 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 1990 WAYNESBORO P. D. REPORTS MANY STREETS FLOODED FROM 1130 PM SATURDAY TO 1230 AM SUNDAY...WAYNE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, May 13, 1:42 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
MSZALL-130800 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 135 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN QUARTER OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 2AM.. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 130 AM..A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS A PORTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI FROM FAYETTE TO LAUREL. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS BAND WERE LOCATED BETWEEN BROOKHAVEN AND COLLINS. THESES STORMS ARE CONTINUING TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED IN A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WHICH COVERED MOST OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI. THIS RAIN AREA WAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PORT GIBSON TO MERIDIAN LINE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 13, 2:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
MSZALL-130800 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 205 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 224 HAS EXPIRED...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND WHICH STRETCHES FROM COLLINS TO JUST NORTH OF HATTIESBURG. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS BAND ARE CONTINUING TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED IN A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WHICH COVERED MOST OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI. THIS RAIN AREA WAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PORT GIBSON TO QUITMAN LINE. < MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 13, 2:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
MSZALL-130900 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 235 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... AT 225 AM..A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS A PORTION OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI FROM MCCOMB TO WAYNESBORO. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS BAND WERE LOCATED FROM NORTHERN MARION COUNTY TO SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY. COLUMBIA AND HATTIESBURG ARE INCLUDED IN THIS AREA. THESES STORMS ARE CONTINUING TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED IN A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WHICH COVERED MOST OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI. THIS RAIN AREA WAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A NATCHEZ TO MERIDIAN LINE.
Local storm report, May 13, 4:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 400 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 1990 LAUREL P. D. REPORTS STREET FLOODING IN JONES COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. STAGE OF THE TALLAHALA CREEK IN LAUREL AT 400 AM CDT 13.32 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 37 min |
| May 12, 7:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 5 hr |
| May 12, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 40 min |
| May 12, 9:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 3 hr |
| May 12, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith | 2 hr |
| May 12, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| May 12, 11:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Wayne | 6 hr |
| May 13, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 27 min |
| May 13, 12:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 5 hr |
| May 13, 2:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.