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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS

February 19, 1991Humphreys County, Sharkey County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 19, 1991, 6:56 AM CST for Humphreys County, Sharkey County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 1991, 6:56 AM CST (12:56 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 1991, 10:00 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Humphreys County, MS, Sharkey County, MS

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Feb 19, 3:51 AM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 19, 6:41 AM CST, 15 minutes before
MSZ003-008-002-191335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
640 AM CST TUE FEB 19 1991

...STRONG THUDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

AT 640 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE
VICKSBURG AREA BEFORE 7 AM. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.

THE STORMS WILL SLO AFFECT PART SO ISSAQUENA...SHARKEY AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES BEFORE 730 AM CST.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT TIL 10 AM CST FOR A SMALL SECTION
OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS WATCH DOES INCLUDE SUCH CITIES AS VICKSBURG
...NATCHEZ...AND GREENVILLE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 4:48 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington4 hr
Feb 19, 4:48 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore4 hr
Feb 19, 4:48 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANTallahatchie, Yalobusha4 hr
Feb 19, 6:56 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCalhoun3 hr
Feb 19, 6:56 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANMontgomery3 hr
Feb 19, 6:56 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANIssaquena3 hr
Feb 19, 7:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo20 min
Feb 19, 9:06 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore7 hr
Feb 19, 9:06 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Washington7 hr
Feb 19, 9:06 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANYalobusha7 hr
Feb 19, 9:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Winston54 min
Feb 19, 10:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith44 min
Feb 19, 1:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLauderdale, Newton4 hr
Feb 19, 4:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower, Tallahatchie6 hr
Feb 19, 4:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Washington6 hr
Feb 19, 4:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANYalobusha6 hr
Feb 19, 4:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence53 min
Feb 19, 5:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLauderdale7 hr
Feb 19, 5:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANNoxubee7 hr

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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.