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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Jackson, MS

June 27, 1994Webster County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 1994, 4:01 AM CDT for Webster County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1994, 4:01 AM CDT (09:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1994, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Webster County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1994-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3309 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1994-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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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, Jun 27, 1:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-270830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
129 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994

AT 125 AM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM
20 MILES NORTH OF MACON MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO NOXUBEE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 45
MINUTES.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  PERSONS IN VICINITY OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

ALSO...VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG A CALHOUN
CITY...COLUMBUS LINE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-270830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
129 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994

AT 125 AM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM
20 MILES NORTH OF MACON MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO NOXUBEE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 45
MINUTES.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  PERSONS IN VICINITY OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

ALSO...VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG A CALHOUN
CITY...COLUMBUS LINE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-270930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
222 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994

AT 220 PM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WINSTON COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT 40 MINUTES.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  ALSO...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME TORNADIC
PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-270930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
222 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994

AT 220 PM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WINSTON COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT 40 MINUTES.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  ALSO...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME TORNADIC
PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:49 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-271045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
349 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994

AT 350 AM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LOUISVILLE...MACON LINE IN WINSTON...AND
NOXUBEE COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING NESHOBA AND KEMPER COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT
30 MINUTES.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATLEY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:50 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-271045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
349 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994

AT 350 AM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LOUISVILLE...MACON LINE IN WINSTON...AND
NOXUBEE COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING NESHOBA AND KEMPER COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT
30 MINUTES.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATLEY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCalhoun33 min
Jun 27, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCalhoun28 min
Jun 27, 1:23 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCalhoun37 min
Jun 27, 1:53 AM CDTTornado WarningJANWebster37 min
Jun 27, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCalhoun, Yalobusha40 min
Jun 27, 2:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee, Winston63 min
Jun 27, 3:06 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCalhoun, Webster39 min
Jun 27, 4:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster29 min
Jun 27, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee56 min
Jun 27, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper58 min
Jun 27, 5:27 AM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper48 min

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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.