Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 1992, 1:22 AM CDT for Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1992, 1:22 AM CDT (06:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1992, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 697 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 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 270625 COR FFWJAN MSC123-129-270900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION FOR TYPE OF WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 122 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SCOTT COUNTY...SMITH COUNTY AT 120AM PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL STRETCHED ALONG AN AXIS NEAR HIGHWAY 35 FROM HARPERVILLE TO MIZE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE LIKELY ALREADY OCCURRED IN THESE COUNTIES AND ADDITIONAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. AT NIGHT BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE SWIFTLY TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. <
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, Aug 26, 10:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
MSZALL-270500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1030 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992 ...TORNADO WATCHES 772 AND 773 HAVE BEEN CANCELED FOR SECTIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI...TORNADO WATCH 773 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM TUNICA TO ABERDEEN. IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH 772 CLAIBORNE JEFFERSON ADAMS FRANJKLIN WILKINSON AMITE TORNADO WATCHES 772 AND 773 REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISIPPI UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 10:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
MSZ009-012-270445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1038 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBERS 772 AND 773 WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT... AT 1030 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING WEST OF A LINE FROM ACKERMAN TO PACHUTA TO MCLAIN MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED JUST WEST OF HEIDELBERG MISSISSIPPI. THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING \AREAS AND ROADWAYS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 11:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
MSZ009-012-270545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1130 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBERS 772 AND 773 WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT... AT 1123 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING WEST OF A LINE FROM STARKVILLE TO MERIDIAN TO LUCEDALE MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN BAY SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI. THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ANFD ROADWAYS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 12:24 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
MSZALL-270615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1219 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 AM... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1 AM... AT 1205 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED FROM YAZOO CITY TO FOREST TO MIZE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AND WEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF THE REST OF MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST. THE RAIN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANDREW WHICH WAS LOCATED BETWEEN JACKSON AND NATCHEZ AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 12:58 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
MSZALL-270700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1258 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 AT 1245 AM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM YAZOO CITY TO WALNUT GROVE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN CONTINUED OVER THE REST OF MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT FOR THE SOUTHWEST SECTION. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 1:13 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
MSZALL-270715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 110 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 AM... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EXPIRED AT 1 AM.. AT 100 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED FROM YAZOO CITY TO CARTHAGE. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEAR RALEIGH. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO NORTH AND WEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL COULD OVERWHELM DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND CAUSE FLOODING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 8 hr |
| Aug 26, 8:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Rankin, Simpson | 8 hr |
| Aug 26, 8:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 8 hr |
| Aug 26, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Yazoo | 54 min |
| Aug 26, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 1:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 34 min |
| Aug 27, 2:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 2:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 2:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 3:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 4:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Scott | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 28 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.