Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Dec 3, 1994, 8:56 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 3, 1994, 8:56 PM CST (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 3, 1994, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lauderdale County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 040257 FFWMEI MSC075-040500- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 856 PM CST SAT DEC 3 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY AT 855 PM CST...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED UNTIL 11 PM CST FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING IN SOME SOME IN NORTH PORTIONS OF MERIDIAN AND MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IS DUMPING ON MERIDIAN AIRPORT. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY IF IN THE AFFECTED AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. &
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, Dec 3, 7:49 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
MSZ012-040245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 749 PM CST SAT DEC 3 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT...INCLUDING JONES AND WAYNE COUNTY... AT 742 PM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS DUMPING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN FALL OVER SOUTHWEST LAUDERDALE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM WILL EXPERIENCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN AS IT PASSES. THUS FAR NO PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN LAUDERDALE OR CLARKE COUNTIES BUT A TRAIL OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. BE PREPARED IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BECOMS NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Dec 3, 7:50 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MSZ012-040245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 749 PM CST SAT DEC 3 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT...INCLUDING JONES AND WAYNE COUNTY... AT 742 PM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS DUMPING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN FALL OVER SOUTHWEST LAUDERDALE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM WILL EXPERIENCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN AS IT PASSES. THUS FAR NO PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN LAUDERDALE OR CLARKE COUNTIES BUT A TRAIL OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. BE PREPARED IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BECOMS NECESSARY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 8:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 56 min |
| Dec 3, 10:48 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 2 hr |
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.