Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 1992, 12:40 AM CST for Lee County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 1992, 12:40 AM CST (06:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1992, 4:45 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 2047 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUP 100640 FFWTUP MSC081-095-101045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1240 AM CST TUE MAR 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FOR TOWN CREEK IN...LEE COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY AT 1245 AM CST...STAGE ON TOWN CREEK IN TUPELO WAS AT 16.9 FEET AND RISING AT THE RATE OF 5 FEET PER HOUR. FLOOD STAGE ON TOWN CREEK IS 21 FEET. SINCE 6 PM ON MONDAY EVENING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN TUPELO HAS RECORDED A LITTLE OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN. IT IS BELIEVED THAT SOME 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE TOWN CREEK BASIN DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME. RADAR SHOWS LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE BASIN AND SHOULD END BY 2 AM THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...THE RUNOFF FROM THE PREVIOUS RAINS SHOULD PUSH THE STAGE ON TOWN CREEK ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. NNNN
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, Mar 9, 7:21 PM CST, 5 hours 19 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-100230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 721 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 .....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR MOST OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI..... AT 717 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...WESTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN BATESVILLE AND GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE DURING THE PAST HOUR...HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER TO OxCCURR THIS EVENING OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 8:33 PM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-100330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 833 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 .....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR MOST OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI..... AT 827 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR CORNITH SOUTHWEST ACROSS NEW ALBANY TO THE WEST OF PONTOTOC. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN TENNESSEE. CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 9:28 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
MSZ004-005-100430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 928 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 .....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI..... AT 925 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY AND OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ELSEWHERE A RATHER LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWER ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN ALABAMA. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:27 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-100530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1027 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 .....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 CINTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING..... AT 1025 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE PONTOTOC AND CHICKASAW COUNTY LINES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF ITAWAMBA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN....STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ELSEWHERE THUNDERSHOWERS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE LOCATED OVER MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI...NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. PEOPLE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA NEED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD THREATENhING WEATHER APPROACH. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 31 min |
| Mar 9, 11:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 11:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 34 min |
| Mar 10, 7:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, Monroe | 4 hr |
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.