Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 1992, 4:00 AM CDT for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1992, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1992, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hinds County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 270903 FFWJAN MSC049-079-089-121-123-127-129-271400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 400 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...HINDS COUNTY...LEAKE COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY ...RANKIN COUNTY...SCOTT COUNTY...SIMPSON COUNTY...SMITH COUNTY AT 355AM HEAVY RAINS WERE REDEVELOPING INTO THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANDREW THAT WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN HINDS COUNTY. ANDREW WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 4 TO 5 HOURS IN THESE AREAS. SINCE MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...FROM 5 TO NEARLY 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME LOCATIONS AROUND AND JUST EAST OF JACKSON. THESE ADDITIONAL RAINS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS COULD TOTAL ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES. ANDREW IS FORECAST TO TURN NORTHEASTWARD LATER THIS MORNING TOWARD THE COLUMBUS AREA BY MID AFTERNOON. RAINS SHOULD TAPER OFF IN MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI BY EARLY TONIGHT. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. <
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 27, 1:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-270730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 120 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 774 WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND SUMTER AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT... AT 112 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING WEST OF A LINE FROM STARKVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO BUTLER TO CHATOM ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED JUST NORTHWEST OF STONEWALL 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.
Local storm report, Aug 27, 2:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
230 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992
210 AM CDT...CLARKE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN NORTH AND EAST OF QUITMAN MISSISSIPPIZ.Local storm report, Aug 27, 3:09 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
307 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992
240 AM CDT...LAUDERDALE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS TREES
DOWN 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.Local storm report, Aug 27, 3:19 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
320 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992
301 AM CDT...LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTS SEVERAL TREES
DOWN 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.Local storm report, Aug 27, 3:26 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
325 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992
320 AM CDT...CLARKE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS TREES DOWN
8 MILES WEST OF QUITMAN MISSISSIPPI.Local storm report, Aug 27, 3:44 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
343 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992
340 AM CDT...LAUDERDALE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS TREES
DOWN 6 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.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, 1:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 3 hr |
| 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, 4:57 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
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.