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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Memphis, TN

December 20, 1990Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Dec 20, 1990, 11:07 PM CST for Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 20, 1990, 11:07 PM CST (05:07 UTC)
Expired: Dec 21, 1990, 4:15 AM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties

County Oktibbeha 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 KTUP 210507
FFWTUP
MSC105-003-017-057-081-095-115-117-141-145-211015-
 
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1107 PM CST THU DEC 20 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...OKTIBBEHA COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...ALCORN COUNTY...CHICKASAW COUNTY...ITAWAMBA COUNTY...LEE COUNTY
   ...MONROE COUNTY...PONTOTOC COUNTY...PRENTISS COUNTY...TISHOMINGO C
   ...UNION COUNTY
 
AT 1100 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. MOST SMALL STREAM AND CREEKS ARE
OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS AT THIS TIME. NUMEROUS ROADS AND STREETS ARE
IMPASSIABLE. TOWN CREEK IN TUEPELO WAS AT TWENTY AND ONE HALF FEET AN
RISING AT ONE FOOT PER HOUR. FLOOD STAGE FOR TOWN CREEK IS TWENTY ONE
FEET.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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.
 
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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

Special weather statement, Dec 20, 5:36 PM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes before

MSZ004-005-007-210030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
535  PM CST THU DEC 20 1990

   ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH
      CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

AT 525 PM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING
THUNDERSTORM AND RAINSHOWER ACTIVITY FROM YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI EXTENDING TO THE NORTHEAST TO COLUMBIA TENNESSEE.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS IN A LINE OVER EXTREME WESTERN
COLBERT...FRANKLIN AND MARION COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA.

THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR
HOUR.

ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF TESE THUNDERSHOWERS SHOULD BE
WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACH.

Special weather statement, Dec 20, 6:41 PM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before

MSZ004-005-007-210130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
640  PM CST THU DEC 20 1990

   ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH
      CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

AT 625 PM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING
THUNDERSTORM AND RAINSHOWER ACTIVITY FROM YAZOO COUNTY IN CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI EXTENDING TO THE NORTHEAST TO COLUMBIA TENNESSEE.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN MONROE COUNTY
ENTERING LAMAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...IN FRANKLIN COUNTY
ENTERING LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...IN CHICKISAW COUNTY
...AND NEAR GREENWOOD IN LEFLORE COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSHOWERS SHOULD BE
WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACH.

Special weather statement, Dec 20, 7:36 PM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes before

MSZ004-005-007-210230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
735  PM CST THU DEC 20 1990

   ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH
      CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

AT 725 PM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING
THUNDERSTORM AND RAINSHOWER ACTIVITY FROM SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI EXTENDING TO THE NORTHEAST TO COLUMBIA TENNESSEE.

HEAVY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN AN AREA BETWEEN WEBSTER
COUNTY AND MONROE COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY LOCATED NEAR
AMORY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSHOWERS SHOULD BE
WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACH.

Special weather statement, Dec 20, 8:26 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before

MSZ004-005-007-210330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
830  PM CST THU DEC 20 1990

   ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH
      CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

AT 820 PM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING
THUNDERSTORM AND RAINSHOWER ACTIVITY FROM CLARKSDALE MISSISSIPPI TO
EXTENDING TO THE NORTHEAST TO COLUMBIA TENNESSEE.

HEAVY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN AN AREA BETWEEN CHICKASAW
COUNTY AND MARION COUNTY IN EXTREME NORTHWEST ALABAMA ALTHOUGH THESE
STORMS ARE DECREASING IN INTENSITY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACH.

Special weather statement, Dec 20, 9:19 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

MSZ004-005-007-210430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
920  PM CST THU DEC 20 1990

   ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 778 EXPIRED AT 900PM...

AT 820 PM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING
THUNDERSTORM AND RAINSHOWER ACTIVITY FROM GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI
EXTENDING TO THE NORTHEAST TO COLUMBIA TENNESSEE...ALTHOUGH ALL HEAVY
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACH.

Special weather statement, Dec 20, 10:52 PM CST, 15 minutes before

MSZ004-005-007-210600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1052 PM CST THU DEC 20 1990

AT 1035 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A 120 MILE WIDE
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF VICKSBURG
ACROSS ALL OF NORHERN MISSISSIPPI INTO SOUTHERN TENNESSEE 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LEWISBURG. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI FROM STONEVILLE TO JUST NORTH OF OXFORD THAN
ACROSS UNION...PRENTISS AND SOUTHERN TISHOMINGO COUNTIES. THIS AREA
WAS MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROAD AND STREETS HAVE BEEN RECIEVED ACROSS
MUCH OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING
YOU ARE ADVISE TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PERCAUTION. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TO NIGHT YOU SHOULD USE EXTREAM CAUTION WHEN
APPROACHING A FLOODED STREET OR ROAD. YOU SHOULD NEVER DRIVE INTO A
FLOODED AREA.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 20, 11:07 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	5 hr
Dec 20, 11:07 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo	5 hr
Dec 20, 11:07 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Union	5 hr
Dec 20, 11:07 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Alcorn	5 hr

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.