Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994

Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Memphis, TN

February 10, 1994Chickasaw County, Lee County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 10, 1994, 7:57 PM CST for Chickasaw County, Lee County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 1994, 7:57 PM CST (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Feb 11, 1994, 2:00 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chickasaw County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 1994-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 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 KTUP 110157
FFWTUP
MSC017-081-095-110800-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
757 PM CST THU FEB 10 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...CHICKASAW COUNTY...LEE COUNTY...MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO REPORTED THE A GAGE
READING OF 20.78 FEET WATER LEVEL ON TOWN CREEK...WHICH IS AROUND 3
INCHES BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 21 FEET. WITH LIGHT RAIN STILL OCCURRING AND
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...TOWN CREEK IS EXPECTED TO
EXCEED FLOOD STAGE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
 
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS AS WELL AS ALL LOCATIONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI
SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION TONIGHT FOR AREAS OF HIGH WATER...ESPECIALLY
WHEN DRIVING.
 
FURTHERMORE...MUCH OF THIS RAIN TONIGHT MAY FREEZE ON IMPACT...CREATING
VERY SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. THE WEIGHT OF THIS COLLECTING
ICE MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL BREAKAGE OF TREE LIMBS AND POWER
LINES...RESULTING IN FURTHER POWER OUTAGES.
 
STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
 
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.
 
 
 
NNNN

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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.