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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Dec 21, 1990, 7:05 PM CST for Leflore County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 1990, 7:05 PM CST (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 1990, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Leflore County, MS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 220106 RRA FFWJAN MSC083-220400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 705 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...LEFLORE COUNTY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN OCCURRING IN LEFLORE COUNTY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. SOME FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURED AND OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE IN THE GREENWOOD AREAS CAN EXPECT FLOODING TO BECOME WORSE. 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. <
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, Dec 21, 3:10 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-212300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 310 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 784 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...JASPER...NESHOBA... NEWTON...WINSTON...JONES. AT 300 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR VICKSBURG TO NEAR UNION TO NEAR LOUISVILLE MIQSSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 4:09 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
MSZALL-LAZ004-006-212315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 409 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI... AT 405 PM A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED JUST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF NATCHEZ. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCE DAMAGE IN LOUISIANA. IT IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND SHOULD CROSS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO FAYETTE COUNTY AND THEN TRACK TOWARD PORT GIBSON. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY REQUIRE A WARNING SO PEOPLE IN FAYETTE AND CLAIBORNE COUNTIES SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO NOAA RADIO OR THEIR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 6:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Yazoo | 56 min |
| Dec 21, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Dec 21, 6:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Calhoun | 47 min |
| Dec 21, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 45 min |
| Dec 21, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 32 min |
| Dec 21, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 69 min |
| Dec 22, 12:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 32 min |
| Dec 22, 2:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Warren | 116 min |
| Dec 22, 4:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 27 min |
| Dec 22, 5:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 28 min |
| Dec 22, 10:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 25 min |
| Dec 22, 10:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 48 min |
| Dec 22, 10:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 55 min |
| Dec 22, 10:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 63 min |
| Dec 22, 11:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 64 min |
| Dec 22, 12:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion, Walthall | 37 min |
| Dec 22, 12:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 62 min |
| Dec 22, 12:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 51 min |
| Dec 22, 12:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 33 min |
| Dec 22, 1:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 62 min |
| Dec 22, 1:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Dec 22, 1:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 17 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.