Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jan 27, 1994, 7:27 AM CST for Adams County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1994, 7:27 AM CST (13:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1994, 10:30 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adams County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 385 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 271329 FFWJAN MSC001-271630- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD OR FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 727 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD OR FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...ADAMS COUNTY A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL 1030 AM THIS MORNING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI OVER THE LAST 3 TO 6 HOURS...AND NATHCEZ POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS SOME FLOODING IS NOW OCCURRING WITHIN THE CITY OF NATCHEZ. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATBTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. < &
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, Jan 27, 6:30 AM CST, 57 minutes before
MSZ001>082-271400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 630 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AT 630 PM CST...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...BETWEEN BOGUE CHITTO AND CENTREVILLE. ANOTHER SHORT LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...BETWEEN HOLLY BLUFF AND VALLEY PARK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...AND YOU CAN EXPECT THEM TO CONTAIN SOME TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND POSSIBLY HAIL. ELSEWHERE...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER ALL EXCEPT THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST TIP OF THE STATE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 6:30 AM CST, 57 minutes before
MSZ001>082-271400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 630 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AT 630 PM CST...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...BETWEEN BOGUE CHITTO AND CENTREVILLE. ANOTHER SHORT LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...BETWEEN HOLLY BLUFF AND VALLEY PARK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...AND YOU CAN EXPECT THEM TO CONTAIN SOME TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND POSSIBLY HAIL. ELSEWHERE...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER ALL EXCEPT THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST TIP OF THE STATE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 7:00 AM CST, 27 minutes before
MSZ001>082-271430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 700 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF NORTH AND WEST MISSISSIPPI TODAY... AT 655 AM CST...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...BETWEEN MEADVILLE AND UNION CHURCH. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS WAS OVER WESTERN YAZOO COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER ALMOST ALL OF MISSISSIPPI...AND EXTENDED INTO EASTERN LOUISIANA AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. EARLY MORNING MOTORISTS WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO RAIN...FOG...AND THUNDERSTORMS. USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS MORNING ON ROADS AND ALLOW MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 7:10 AM CST, 17 minutes before
MSZ001>082-271430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 700 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF NORTH AND WEST MISSISSIPPI TODAY... AT 655 AM CST...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...BETWEEN MEADVILLE AND UNION CHURCH. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS WAS OVER WESTERN YAZOO COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER ALMOST ALL OF MISSISSIPPI...AND EXTENDED INTO EASTERN LOUISIANA AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. EARLY MORNING MOTORISTS WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO RAIN...FOG...AND THUNDERSTORMS. USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS MORNING ON ROADS AND ALLOW MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 12:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 28 min |
| Jan 27, 8:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 8:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 8:56 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 8:56 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 10:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion, Walthall | 45 min |
| Jan 27, 10:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 40 min |
| Jan 27, 11:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Walthall | 42 min |
| Jan 27, 11:07 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Pike, Walthall | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 11:07 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Amite | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 11:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 42 min |
| Jan 27, 11:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 11:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 30 min |
| Jan 27, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 40 min |
| Jan 27, 12:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jan 27, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jan 27, 4:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Wilkinson | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Amite, Pike | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Walthall | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 5:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 5:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jan 27, 5:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson | 32 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.