Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1990, 6:17 AM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1990, 6:17 AM CDT (11:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1990, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe 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
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1921 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1189 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUP 031117 FFWTUP MSC095-031315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 617 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...MONROE COUNTY AT 615 AM CDT...AMORY POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED URBAN AND STREET FLOODING TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY OF AMORY AT THIS TIME. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SMITHVILLE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR ABERDEEN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE VERY SLOW MOVING AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH AN HOUR. 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 WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM..y.EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. NNNN
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, Jun 3, 3:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
MSZ004-005-031000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 354 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600AM CDT THIS SUNDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 347AM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ALABAMA SOUTHWEST ACROSS TISHOMINGO...PRENTISS... UNION AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES ONTO WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN ADVANCE OF THIS LINE. PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...HAIL TO 1/2 INCH...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
TNZ013-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ014-030930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 400 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 385 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF NORTH MIDDLE TENNESSEE INCLUDING THE NASHVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI... AT 345 THIS MORNING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF DAMAGING WIND OR LARGE HAIL. STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED TO NEAR THE TENNESSEE-ALABAMA BORDER WITH WEAKER ACTIVITY TO THE NORTH. THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 3 AM AND 4 AM THIS MORNING WITH MANY PLACES RECEIVING HEAVY RAINFALLS. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED OVER SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD AND NO HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THIS MORNING. THUS THERE ARE NO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR WEST TENNESSEE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN ACROSS THE WEST HALF OF TENNESSMEE THROUGH THE MORNING AS DRIER AIR PUSHES INTO THE STATE FROM THE NORTHWEST.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-031015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 419 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 .....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...BENTON..COAHOMA..DESOTO..MARSHALL..PANOLA..QUITMAN..TATE AND TUNICA..... .....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 6AM..... AT 412 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REACHING FROM MUSCLE SHOALS ALABAMA SOUTHWEST ACROSS TUPELO TO NEAR GRENADA MISSISSIPPI MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI CAN EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ON THE ORDER OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TNZ007-009>011-MSZ001-004-031045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 500 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 385 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE... AT 445 THIS MORNING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE. WHILE THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...THEY HAVE NOT PRODUCED LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. SINCE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE DURING THE PAST HOUR NO SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY THE REST OF THE MORNING. THEREFORE THERE ARE NO LONGER ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN EFFECT FO MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL MOVE OUT OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MIDDLE PORTIONS OF TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON BUT THESE SHOULD BE CONSIDERABLY WEAKER THAN THE ONES EXPERIENCED THIS MORNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-031115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 507 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 .....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI..... AT 502 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR NASHVILLE TENNESSEE SOUTHWEST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI TO SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI CAN EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ON THE ORDER OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. DURING THE PAST HOUR...THE WEATH"ER SERVICE OFFICE IN TUPELO HAS RECEIVED OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. NNNN
Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:06 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
610 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990
TIME OF OCCURRENCE REPORT
248 AM CDT TIPPAH COUNTY S.O. REPORTED A FEW TREES
k BLOWN DOWN EAST AND WEST OF WALNUT MS.
BLOCKING HIGHWAY 72. (NORTHERN TIPPAH
COUNTY)The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 31 min |
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.