Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 1992, 4:57 AM CDT for Kemper County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1992, 4:57 AM CDT (09:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1992, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 KMEI 271004 COR FFWMEI MSC023-069-075-271400- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 457 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...CLARKE COUNTY...KEMPER COUNTY...LAUDERDALE COUNTY OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT IN KEMPER... LAUDERDALE AND CLARKE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING 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...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, Aug 27, 1:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 33 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, 2 hours 24 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, 1 hour 48 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, 1 hour 38 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, 1 hour 31 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, 1 hour 13 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, 4:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 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.