Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 1993, 1:10 PM CDT for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1993, 1:10 PM CDT (18:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1993, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hinds County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 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
- 1996 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 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 121811 FFWJAN MSC049-122015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 110 PM CDT MON JUL 12 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD OR FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...EASTERN HINDS COUNTY AT 109 PM CDT THUNDESTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN HINDS COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE CITY OF JACKSON. FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY OCCUR. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID AREAS KNOWN TO FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO D EEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER MUST BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. <
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, Jul 12, 9:10 AM CDT, 4 hours before
MSZ008-012-011-121530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 910 AM CDT MON JUL 12 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH SMITH COUNTY... AT 908 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD MNOVED BACK INTO SMITH COUNTY. SINCE MANY LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A GOOD SOAKING EARLIER THIS MORNING...PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY OCCUR. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SMITH COUNTY HAVE MEASURED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 5 AM CDT. IF THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES MUCH LONGER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA KNOWN FOR FLASHING FLOODING OR WHERE WATER RISES RAPIDLY...BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 9:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
MSZ008-012-011-121530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 910 AM CDT MON JUL 12 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH SMITH COUNTY... AT 908 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD MNOVED BACK INTO SMITH COUNTY. SINCE MANY LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A GOOD SOAKING EARLIER THIS MORNING...PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY OCCUR. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SMITH COUNTY HAVE MEASURED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 5 AM CDT. IF THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES MUCH LONGER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA KNOWN FOR FLASHING FLOODRING OR WHERE WATER RISES RAPIDLY...BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Local storm report, Jul 12, 12:10 PM CDT, 1 hour before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1210 PM CDT MON JUL 12 1993
NOON...12 ROADS UNDER WATER IN NEWTON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.
1130 AM CDT...A FEW ROADS UNDER WATER IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI.
1100 AM CDT...NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER IN JASPER COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI.Local storm report, Jul 12, 12:14 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1210 PM CDT MON JUL 12 1993 NOON...12 ROADS UNDER WATER IN NEWTON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.FFWJAN
Local storm report, Jul 12, 12:22 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1210 PM CDT MON JUL 12 1993
NOON...12 ROADS UNDER WATER IN NEWTON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.
1130 AM CDT...A FEW ROADS UNDER WATER IN LAUDERDALE COUNTYX
MISSISSIPPI.
1100 AM CDT...NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER IN JASPER COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper | 4 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 4 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Newton | 4 hr |
| Jul 12, 11:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 12:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Madison | 118 min |
| Jul 12, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 43 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.