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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS

January 27, 19944 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jan 27, 1994, 4:27 PM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 27, 1994, 4:27 PM CST (22:27 UTC)
Expired: Jan 27, 1994, 7:30 PM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Marion County, MS, Walthall County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 272229
FFWJAN
MSC077-091-147-001-005-037-085-113-157-021-280130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD  OR   FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
427 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD  OR   FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY...MARION COUNTY...WALTHALL COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...ADAMS COUNTY...AMITE COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY
   ...LINCOLN COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY...WILKINSON COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...CLAIBORNE COUNTY
 
AT 427 PM CST CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING
ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOIUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN
THE AREA HAS RECEIVED SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT....RAPID RISES OF WATER CAN
BE EXPECTED. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA KNOWN FOR FLASH FLOODING...SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
AT6 NIGHT BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE SWIFTLY TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
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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

Local storm report, Jan 27, 11:40 AM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1140 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994

TIME(CST)       LOCATION            REMARKS
1143 AM         HATTIESBURG        MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND 55 MPH WINDS
                FORREST CO.        REPORTED BY HATTIESBURG EOC

Local storm report, Jan 27, 11:42 AM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1140 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994

TIME(CST)       LOCATION            REMARKS
1143 AM         HATTIESBURG        MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND 55 MPH WINDS
                FORREST CO.        REPORTED BY HATTIESBURG EOC

Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:05 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

MSZ001>082-272130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
205 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON FOR WEST AND NORTH
   MISSISSIPPI...

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED  MOST OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.  A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS SOUTHEAST OF
WOODVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE
THE STORMD ACROSS SECTIONS OF WILKINSON AND AMITE COUNTIES.  A WIDE
BAND OF HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED ACROSS THE STATE FROM MERIDIAN TO
GREENVILLE.

OTHERWISE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SECTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WEST
LOUISIANA.  THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT SECTIONS OF WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
DUE TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER...YOU NEED TO KEEP INFORMED
OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:08 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

MSZ001>082-272130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
205 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON FOR WEST AND NORTH
   MISSISSIPPI...

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED  MOST OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.  A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS SOUTHEAST OF
WOODVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE
THE STORMD ACROSS SECTIONS OF WILKINSON AND AMITE COUNTIES.  A WIDE
BAND OF HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED ACROSS THE STATE FROM MERIDIAN TO
GREENVILLE.

OTHERWISE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SECTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WEST
L OUISIANA.  THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT SECTIONS OF WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
DUE TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER...YOU NEED TO KEEP INFORMED
OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jan 27, 3:05 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

MSZ001>082-272230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
305 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON FOR WEST AND NORTH
   MISSISSIPPI...

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED  MOST OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.  A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED BETWEEN
BUDE AND LIBERTY IN NORTHERN AMITE COUNTY.  THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.  THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY
AFFECT WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM.

DUE TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER...YOU NEED TO KEEP INFORMED
OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jan 27, 3:10 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

MSZ001>082-272230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
305 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON FOR WEST AND NORTH
   MISSISSIPPI...

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED  MOST OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.  A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED BETWEEN
BUDE AND LIBERTY IN NORTHERN AMITE COUNTY.  THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.  THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY
AFFECT WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM.

DUE TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER...YOU NEED TO KEEP INFORMED
OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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, 7:27 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams	3 hr
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, 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

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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.