Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 1992, 5:29 PM CDT for Attala County, Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1992, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Attala County, MS, Holmes County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 1065 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 122228 FFWJAN MSC007-051-130130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 529 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...ATTALA COUNTY...HOLMES COUNTY AT 525 PM JACKSON RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A CONCENTRATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THIS AREA RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY AND IS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY AT BANKFULL AND A FEW ARE LIKELYG TO OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. <
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 12, 12:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
MSZALL-122100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1237 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 1992 ...SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS... THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED OVER MISSISSIPPI TODAY HAVE BEEN MOVING VERY SLOWLY...OFTENTIMES LESS THAN 10 MPH. THIS MEANS THAT IF A THUNDERSTORM MOVES OVER YOUR AREA...YOU COULD EASILY RECEIVE SOME RATHER LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AROUND 2 IN^CHES IN JUST A FEW HOURS. SINCE THE GROUNDS IN MANY AREAS MAY BECOME SATURATED WITH RAIN...YOU SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
MSZALL-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-ARZ014>016- ALZ004-008-013-016-122045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 245 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 1992 THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING ACROSS THE MAGNOLIA STATE... AT 228 PM CDT JACKSON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WHILE OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI IN THE VICINITY OF JACKSON. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING IN CHOCTAW AND ATTALA COUNTIES BETWEEN KOSCIUSKO AND EUPORA. THE RAINFALL EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST ALABAMA... ACROSS THE GREENWOOD AREA TO NORTH OF GREENVILLE AND INTO SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS LOCALLY IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES IN A VERY SHORT TIME. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SOME HAIL. TEMPORARY URBAN STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
MSZALL-LAZ002>004-006-009-010-013-ARZ014>016- ALZ004-008-013-016-122145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 338 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 1992 THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES WHILE OTHERS CONTINUE IN THE VICINITY OF GREENWOOD... AT 328 PM CDT JACKSON RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUED ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FROM 10 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE TO GREENWOOTO MACON AND INTO WEST ALABAMA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE DELTA 10 MILES NORTH OF VICKSBURG TO THE VICINITY OF GREENVILLE. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FROM THE JACKSON METROPOLITAN AREA EASTWARD ACROSS MERIDIAN AND WEST ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF DUMPING A LARGE AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
MSZALL-LAZ002>004-006-009-010-013-ARZ014>016- ALZ004-008-013-016-122145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 338 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 1992 THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES WHILE OTHERS CONTINUE IN THE VICINITY OF GREENWOOD... AT 328 PM CDT JACKSON RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUED ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FROM 10 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE TO GREENWOO TO MACON AND INTO WEST ALABAMA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE DELTA 10 MILES NORTH OF VICKSBURG TO THE VICINITY OF GREENVILLE. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FROM THE JACKSON METROPOLITAN AREA EASTWARD ACROSS MERIDIAN AND WEST ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF DUMPING A LARGE AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
MSZALL-LAZ002>004-006-009-010-013-ARZ014>016- ALZ004-008-013-016-122145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 338 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 1992 THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES WHILE OTHERS CONTINUE IN THE VICINITY OF GREENWOOD... AT 328 PM CDT JACKSON RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUED ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FROM 10 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE TO GREENWOO TO MACON AND INTO WEST ALABAMA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE DELTA 10 MILES NORTH OF VICKSBURG TO THE VICINITY OF GREENVILLE. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FROM THE JACKSON METROPOLITAN AREA EASTWARD ACROSS MERIDIAN AND WEST ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF DUMPING A LARGE AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 4:36 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
MSZALL-LAZ002>004-006-009-010-013-ARZ014>016- ALZ004-008-013-016-122245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 436 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 1992 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... AT 425 PM CDT JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY SOLID AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...THAT EXTENDED FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS TO SOUTH OF GREENVILLE...SOUTH OF GREENWOOD AND EAST TO THE ALABAMA LINE NEAR MERIDIAN. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE LOCATED NEAR ITTA BENA...10 MILES EAST OF KOSCIUSKO...AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF HOLLY BLUFF. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IN YOUR DRIVE HOME FROM WORK THIS EVENING IN THE AREAS OF RAINFALL AS ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY AND SOME PONDING OF WATER OR LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING MAY OCCUR.
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.