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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Jackson, MS

December 22, 1990Warren County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Dec 22, 1990, 2:49 AM CST for Warren County, Mississippi. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 1990, 2:49 AM CST (08:49 UTC)
Expired
Dec 22, 1990, 4:45 AM CST
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Warren 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 220852 RRA
FFWJAN
MSC149-221045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
249 AM CST SAT DEC 22 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...WARREN COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE SOUTHWEST AND MOVE ACROSS
WARREN COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 OR MORE INCHES HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN OVER SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTY TONIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS OF 3 OR MORE INCHES AREA POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.
 
AT NIGHT BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND F6LASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE SWIFTLY TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
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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

Local storm report, Dec 21, 9:51 PM CST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
950 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990

915-940 PM CST...WINSTON COUNTY C.D. REPORTS PEA SIZED HAIL
              NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
              DOWN AND WIND GUSTS TO 55-60 MPH.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 10:03 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
MSZALL-210500-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1000 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

AT 10 PM CST...THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED ACROSS YAZOO AND HOLMES COUNTIES. OTHER STORMS
WERE DEPARTING ATTALA AND LEAKE COUNTIES AND MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

THE STORMS OVER YAZOO AND HOLMES COUNTIES WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
MADISON...ATTALA...AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 60
MINUTES. THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR.

DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN THE PAST TWO DAYS...YOU CAN EXPECT SOME FLOODING
OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 10:49 PM CST, 4 hours before
MSZALL-210530-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1045 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INTENSIFIED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

AT 1045 PM CST...WEATHR SERVICE RADAR AT JACKSON INDICATED AN
INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN HOLMES COUNTY NEAR DURANT MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORM
ACROSS SECTIONS OF ATTALA...CARROLL AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES DURING THE
NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
...AND WIND GUSTS CLOSE TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. FLOODING OF STREETS AND
LOW LYING AREAS MAY ALSO OCCUR.

OTHERWISE PATCHY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERED MOST OF THE NORTHM
AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE
NIGHT.
Local storm report, Dec 21, 11:18 PM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1115 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990

940 PM CST...WINSTON COUNTY C. D. REPORTS THREE HOUSES WITH
             TREES ON THEM JUST NORTH OF LOUISVILLE MISSISfSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Dec 22, 1:51 AM CST, 58 minutes before
MSZALL-210530-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
125 AM CST SAT DEC 22 1990

AT 125 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT JACKSON INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR EDWARDS IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED DAMAGE IN THE VICKSBURG AREA. MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
BETWEEN GREENWOOD AND LEXINGTON...LIGHT RAINSHOWERS COVERED MOST OF
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Dec 22, 1:58 AM CST, 51 minutes before
MSZALL-220900-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
125 AM CST SAT DEC 22 1990

AT 125 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT JACKSON INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR EDWARDS IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED DAMAGE IN THE VICKSBURG AREA. MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
BETWEEN GREENWOOD AND LEXINGTON...LIGHT RAINSHOWERS COVERED MOST OF
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 21, 6:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Yazoo56 min
Dec 21, 6:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANGrenada, Montgomery51 min
Dec 21, 6:58 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCalhoun47 min
Dec 21, 7:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLeflore3 hr
Dec 21, 7:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison45 min
Dec 21, 7:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake32 min
Dec 21, 8:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston69 min
Dec 22, 12:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren32 min
Dec 22, 4:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba27 min
Dec 22, 5:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston28 min
Dec 22, 10:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson25 min
Dec 22, 10:42 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson, Smith48 min
Dec 22, 10:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton55 min
Dec 22, 10:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton63 min
Dec 22, 11:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba64 min
Dec 22, 12:23 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMarion, Walthall37 min
Dec 22, 12:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton62 min
Dec 22, 12:39 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar51 min
Dec 22, 12:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest33 min
Dec 22, 1:13 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones62 min
Dec 22, 1:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale35 min
Dec 22, 1:28 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest17 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.