Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Nov 17, 1993, 4:03 AM CST for Lauderdale County, Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 1993, 4:03 AM CST (10:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 1993, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lauderdale County, MS, Newton County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 920 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 171006 FFWMEI MSC075-101-171300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 403 AM CST WED NOV 17 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY...EAST CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY ...THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS LIKELY OCCURRED OVER EASTERN NEWTON COUNTY AND OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH PORTIONS OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI... AT 4 AM CST...A LARGE MASS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER LAUDERDALE COUNTY AND EASTERN NEWTON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND MORE RAIN WILL FALL IN THESE AREAS DURING THE NEXT 3 HOURS. LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT HAS OCCURRED WITH THE AREA DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. REPORTS INDICATE WATER IS BEGINNING TO COVER SOME ROADS IN NORTHEAST NEWTON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPINGT ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
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, Nov 17, 1:50 AM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
MSZALL-170930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 150 AM CST WED NOV 17 1993 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST RANKIN...SIMPSON AND SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM CST. AT 150 AM CST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM...SOME STRONG...EXTENDED ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE STRETCHED FROM COLLINSVILLE TO RALEIGH TO NEAR BOGUE CHITTO AND MAGNOLIA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NEWTON...NEAR RALEIGH...MAGEE...NEW HEBRON...AND MONTICELLO. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY. MANY OF THESE STRONG STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MILES AN HOUR...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Nov 17, 2:02 AM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before
MSZALL-170930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 250 AM CST WED NOV 17 1993 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST RANKIN...SIMPSON AND SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM CST. AT 250 AM CST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM...SOME STRONG...EXTENDED ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE STRETCHED FROM COLLINSVILLE TO RALEIGH TO NEAR BOGUE CHITTO AND MAGNOLIA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NEWTON...NEAR RALEIGH...MAGEE...NEW HEBRON...AND MONTICELLO. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY. MANY OF THESE STRONG STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MILES AN HOUR...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.. .AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Local storm report, Nov 17, 2:10 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 210 AM CST WED NOV 17 1993 NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED 6 MILES EAST OF NEWTON MISSISSIPPI IN NEWTON COUNTY AT 154 AM CST...RELAYED BY NEWTON COUNTY S.O.
Local storm report, Nov 17, 2:10 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 210 AM CST WED NOV 17 1993 NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED 6 MILES EAST OF NEWTON MISSISSIPPI IN NEWTON COUNTY AT 154 AM CST...RELAYED BY NEWTON COUNTY S.O.
Special weather statement, Nov 17, 2:21 AM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
MSZALL-170930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 150 AM CST WED NOV 17 1993 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST RANKIN...SIMPSON AND SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM CST. AT 150 AM CST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM...SOME STRONG...EXTENDED ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE STRETCHED FROM COLLINSVILLE TO RALEIGH TO NEAR BOGUE CHITTO AND MAGNOLIA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NEWTON...NEAR RALEIGH...MAGEE...NEW HEBRON...AND MONTICELLO. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY. MANY OF THESE STRONG STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MILES AN HOUR...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT> THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Nov 17, 2:50 AM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
MSZALL-170930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 250 AM CST WED NOV 17 1993 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST RANKIN...SIMPSON AND SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM CST. AT 250 AM CST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM...SOME STRONG...EXTENDED ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE STRETCHED FROM COLLINSVILLE TO RALEIGH TO NEAR BOGUE CHITTO AND MAGNOLIA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NEWTON...NEAR RALEIGH...MAGEE...NEW HEBRON...AND MONTICELLO. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY. MANY OF THESE STRONG STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MILES AN HOUR...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 50 min |
| Nov 16, 11:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 58 min |
| Nov 16, 11:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 26 min |
| Nov 16, 11:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 50 min |
| Nov 17, 12:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 36 min |
| Nov 17, 1:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 4 hr |
| Nov 17, 1:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 64 min |
| Nov 17, 2:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 25 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.