Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 15, 1990, 12:21 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 1990, 12:21 PM CST (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 1990, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lauderdale 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 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMEI 151823
FFWMEI
MSC075-152030-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1221 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...LAUDERDALE
AT 1220 PM CST 2.30 INCHES OF RAIN HAD OCCURED AT THE MERIDIAN
AIRPORT DURING THE LAST TWO HOURS. STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED
IN AND AROUND MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATTER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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
Local storm report, Feb 15, 9:54 AM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
0950 AM CST THU FEB 15 1990
0925 CST...UNION FIRE CHIEF REPORTED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...
MARBLE SIZE HAIL...ROOF OFF BUSINESS IN AND AROUND
UNION IN NEWTON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.Local storm report, Feb 15, 10:36 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1030 AM CST SAT FEB 10 1990
DELAYED STORM REPORT:
BETWEEN 900 AND 930 AM...IN THE BUSHY SPRINGS COMMUNITY ABOUT 7 MILES
EAST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS IN COPIAH COUNTY...1 HOUSE TOTALLY
DESTROYED...8 HOUSES RECEIVING LIGHT TO MODERATE DAMAGE...
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...POWER OUTAGE...ROADS BLOCKED.
(REPORT COURTESY JACKSON-HINDS EOC AND MEMA)Local storm report, Feb 15, 10:55 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1054 AM CST THU FEB 15 1990
1030 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED NICKLE SIZE HAIL
ON I20 1 MILE WEST OF NEWTON IN NEWTON COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI.Local storm report, Feb 15, 12:07 PM CST, 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1205 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990
940 AM CST...NESHOBA COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED NUMEROUS
TREES DOWN IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF NESHOBA4
COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.Special weather statement, Feb 15, 12:11 PM CST, 10 minutes before
MSZALL-151900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1210 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1205 PM CST RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM LIBERTY MISSISSIPI TO NORTHEAST OF BROOKHAVEN...NEAR CARTHAGE AND JUST NORTHWEST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A THUNDERSTORM OVER ST LANDRY PARRISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA MAY HAVE PRODUCED A TORNADO. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL MOVE INTO WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AROUND 1230 PM. PERSONS IN WILKINSON COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED. ALL OF THE STATE TODAY AND MOST OF TONIGHT. DUE TO THIS THREAT...IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED LAT=ER TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALL INTERESTS IN MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 12:12 PM CST, 9 minutes before
MSZALL-151900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1210 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1205 PM CST RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM LIBERTY MISSISSIPI TO NORTHEAST OF BROOKHAVEN...NEAR CARTHAGE AND JUST NORTHWEST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A THUNDERSTORM OVER ST LANDRY PARRISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA MAY HAVE PRODUCED A TORNADO. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL MOVE INTO WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHW>EST MISSISSIPPI AROUND 1230 PM. PERSONS IN WILKINSON COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 9:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 33 min |
| Feb 15, 10:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 34 min |
| Feb 15, 10:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 35 min |
| Feb 15, 10:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Feb 15, 10:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 33 min |
| Feb 15, 10:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 48 min |
| Feb 15, 11:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 27 min |
| Feb 15, 11:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 60 min |
| Feb 15, 12:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 33 min |
| Feb 15, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 35 min |
| Feb 15, 12:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 45 min |
| Feb 15, 12:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Feb 15, 12:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Amite | 50 min |
| Feb 15, 12:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 31 min |
| Feb 15, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| Feb 15, 1:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 24 min |
| Feb 15, 1:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 51 min |
| Feb 15, 1:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 1:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 27 min |
| Feb 15, 1:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 48 min |
| Feb 15, 1:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Pike | 18 min |
| Feb 15, 1:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 31 min |
| Feb 15, 2:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Feb 15, 2:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 25 min |
| Feb 15, 2:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 49 min |
| Feb 15, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 38 min |
| Feb 15, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 23 min |
| Feb 15, 2:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Smith | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 54 min |
| Feb 15, 3:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 49 min |
| Feb 15, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 46 min |
| Feb 15, 4:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 29 min |
| Feb 15, 4:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 31 min |
| Feb 15, 4:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 39 min |
| Feb 15, 5:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 27 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.