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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Jackson, MS

February 5, 1994Choctaw County, Alabama; Clarke County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 5, 1994, 10:33 AM CST for Choctaw County, Alabama; Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 1994, 10:33 AM CST (16:33 UTC)
Expired
Feb 5, 1994, 12:30 PM CST
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1994-02-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1994-02-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -61 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 051636 RRA
FFWMEI
ALC023-MSC023-051830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1033 AM CST SAT FEB 5 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...CHOCTAW COUNTY
 
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...CLARKE COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS
OF 2 INCHES SINCE 6 AM IN THESE AREAS PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF
ROADS AND LOW AREAS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD TAPER OFF TO LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
 
 
 
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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.