Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 1992, 7:51 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, 7:51 AM CST (13:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1992, 12:00 PM 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 12:00Z, 1.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 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 KTUP 101351 RRA FFWTUP MSC081-095-101800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 751 AM CST TUE MAR 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY...NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY AT 745 AM CST...STAGE ON TOWN CREEK WAS AT 22.4 FEET. AND RISING HAS SLOWED DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. WITH ALL THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION NOW COMPLETLY OUT OF THE AREA THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES CAN EXPECT A GRADUAL FALL OF THE LEVEL OF TOWN CREEK. 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. 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 10, 6:34 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
TNZ007-009-010-011-012-013-014-015-101630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 632 AM CST TUE MAR 10 1992 ...FREEZE WARNING FOR WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT... A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A CONSIDERABLY FRIGID AIR MASS FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUNGE INTO THE MIDDLE 20S ACROSS WEST AND MIDDLE AREAS TONIGHT AS THE SKY PARTIALLY CLEARS. ADDITIONALLY... WITH THE ACCOMPANYING WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH...THE WIND CHILL WILL MAKE THE TEMPERATURE FEEL EVEN COLDER. THE UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAVE CAUSED PREMATURE BLOSSOMING OR FLOWERING ON SOME PLANTS AND TREES. THIS COLD SNAP COULD EASILY KILL THESE PLANTS. SO...PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT THEM. PERSONS SHOULD KNOW TO OBSERVE BASIC COLD WEATHER SAFETY TIPS DURING T WEATHER EVENT SUCH AS...WEARING CLOTHES IN LAYERS...LEAVING OUTDOOR FA DRIPPING AND BEING EXTRA CAREFUL WITH SPACE HEATERS.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 6:43 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
TNZ007-009-010-011-012-013-014-015-101630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 632 AM CST TUE MAR 10 1992 ...FREEZE WARNING FOR WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT... A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A CONSIDERABLY FRIGID AIR MASS FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUNGE INTO THE MIDDLE 20S ACROSS WEST AND MIDDLE AREAS TONIGHT AS THE SKY PARTIALLY CLEARS. ADDITIONALLY... WITH THE ACCOMPANYING WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH...THE WIND CHILL WILL MAKE THE TEMPERATURE FEEL EVEN COLDER. THE UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAVE CAUSED PREMATURE BLOSSOMING OR FLOWERING ON SOME PLANTS AND TREES. THIS COLD SNAP COULD EASILY KILL THESE PLANTS. SO...PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT THEM. PERSONS SHOULD KNOW TO OBSERVE BASIC COLD WEATHER SAFETY TIPS DURING THIS WEATHER EVENT SUCH AS...WEARING CLOTHES IN LAYERS...LEAVING FAUCETS DRIPPING AND BEING EXTRA CAREFUL WITH SPACE HEATERS.
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, 12:40 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.