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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Jackson, MS

July 12, 1993Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1993, 12:12 PM CDT for Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1993, 12:12 PM CDT (17:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1993, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, MS

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, 6:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 9:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 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 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, 2 hours 55 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, 2 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 COUNTY
              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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 8:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANJasper4 hr
Jul 12, 10:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANScott, Smith4 hr
Jul 12, 10:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANNewton4 hr
Jul 12, 11:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLauderdale3 hr
Jul 12, 12:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANRankin3 hr
Jul 12, 1:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds2 hr
Jul 12, 2:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANMadison118 min
Jul 12, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery43 min

Nearby

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Sources

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