Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Dec 3, 1994, 10:48 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, 10:48 PM CST (04:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 4, 1994, 1:00 AM 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, 4.8 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 040459 COR FFWMEI MSC075-040645- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1048 PM CST SAT DEC 3 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY UNTIL 1 AM CST... AT 1045 PM CST...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS LAUDERDALE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIER WAS NOTED FROM THE AIRPORT REGION NORTH TO COLLINSVILLE AND THE TOWN OF LAUDERDALE. LARGE AREAS OF RAIN...MOSTLY LIGHT CONTINUED GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM ACKERMAN TO UNION TO LAUREL INTO WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT FLOODING IS STILL BEING REPORTED AT MANY LOCATIONS IN MERIDIAN ITSELF. PERSONS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LAST WEATHER BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. 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 R~OADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. ...CORRECTED WARNING EXPIRATION TIME IN 1ST PARA...FROM 1245 TO 1 AM CST... &
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, 2 hours 59 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, 2 hours 58 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.
Local storm report, Dec 3, 9:04 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
902 PM CST SAT DEC 04 1994
9 PM CST...LAUDERDALE COUNTY MS CD REPORTS SEVERAL SPOTS FLOODING
IN NORTH PART OF MERIDIAN MS. MENTIONED A HOUSE...TOLD
HIM I'D GET PARTICULARS LATER AND WOULD EXTEND WARING TIL
11 PM CST.Local storm report, Dec 3, 10:30 PM CST, 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1020 PM CST SAT DEC 04 1994
2045 - 2218 CST 1. LAUDERDALE CD REPORTS FOLLOWING DUE TO FLOODING
2. STATE BLVD AND 45TH AVE FLOODED.
3. EAST OF 30TH AVE AND 5TH ST. FLOODED.
4. THE "S" CURVE ON 5TH ST. FLOODED.
5. HWY 45 N WITHIN CITY LIMITS OF MERIDIAN MS BY
WOKK FLOODED.
6. MEADOWBROOK APARTMENTS ON 5TH ST. FLOODED.
7. 65TH AVE SOUTH OF 5TH ST COURT COMPLETELY UNDER WATER.
8. 65TH AVE WESTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH LARGE TREE CAVED
OVER ONTO A CAR.
9. TREE ALSO DOWN ON ROAD IN SAME DALE MONUMENT AREA
HIWAY 39N.
10. HOUSE AT #L ROBIN LAND LOST ALL IN BASEMENT DUE TO
FLOODING.
11. WATER STILLUP AND R+ AT WSO MEI AT PRESENT. WILL
EXTEND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT.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, 8:56 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.