Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Feb 15, 1995, 11:28 PM CST for Sunflower County, Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 1995, 11:28 PM CST (05:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 3:30 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 160532 FFWJAN MSC133-151-160930- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1128 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...SUNFLOWER COUNTY...NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 1120 PM CST RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE NUMEROUS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND SUNFLOWER COUNTIES. WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE HAS REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE AS WELL AS SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS ON HWY 82 BETWEEN GREENVILLE AND LELAND. SUNFLOWER COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE HAS ALSO MADE SIMILAR REPORTS OF FLOODING ON ROADS IN THE SUNFLOWER AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAIN OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS HAVE BEEN IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY. WITH THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AS WELL AS DITCHES IS LIKELY. LOW-LYING AREAS MAY ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SOME RISING WATER. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CPAUGHT IN RISING WATER MUST BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. < &
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, Feb 15, 7:37 PM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ051-030-160345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 737 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66 WHICH INCLUDES SUMTER AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 740 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 30 MILE WIDE AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR RALEIGH MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES EAST OF CENTERVILLE ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE A 10 MILE WIDE AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMILTON ALABAMA. ALL THUNDRSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 7:42 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ051-030-160345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 737 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 66 WHICH INCLUDES SUMTER AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 740 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 30 MILE WIDE AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR RALEIGH MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES EAST OF CENTERVILLE ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE A 10 MILE WIDE AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMILTON ALABAMA. ALL THUNDRSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 10:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 27 min |
| Feb 16, 1:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Calhoun | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 5:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 44 min |
| Feb 16, 5:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 66 min |
| Feb 16, 7:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Calhoun, Grenada | 30 min |
| Feb 16, 9:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 2:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 25 min |
| Feb 16, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 62 min |
Nearby
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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.