Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 22, 1995, 11:42 AM CDT for Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 1995, 11:42 AM CDT (16:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 1995, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 221643 FFWJAN LAC025-029-107-MSC029-063-021-221945- FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1142 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...CATAHOULA PARISH...CONCORDIA PARISH...TENSAS PARISH IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...COPIAH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...JEFFERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...CLAIBORNE COUNTY AT 1140 AM RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUOUSLY MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ALREADY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE RUNOFF. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. <
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, Apr 22, 6:14 AM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
610 AM CDT FRI APR 21 1995
PRELIMINARY REPORTS FOR SATURDAY...APRIL 22 1995
TIME (CDT) LOCATION REPORT
515-518 AM NEAR ROLLING FORK DIME SIZE HAIL. REPORT FROM HAM RADIO
SHARKEY CO. NETWORK.
548 AM YAZOO CITY 50-60 MPH WINDS. REPORT FROM YAZOO CITY
YAZOO CO. POLICE DEPT.
552 AM YAZOO CITY NICKLEl TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 55-60
MPH WINDS. REPORT FROM YAZOO CITY P.D.
554 AM 4-5 E OF REDWOOD PEA SIZE HAIL. REPORT FROM WARREN CO.
WARREN CO. 911.Special weather statement, Apr 22, 7:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
MSZ001>041-221400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 704 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH 242 NO LONGER IN EFFECT ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF A GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...TUPELO LINE... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT RAPIDLY DEVELOPED EARLIER THIS MORNING HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED...BUT RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT THIS MORNING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH 242 BOLIVAR...CALHOUN...CHICKASAW...COAHOMA...ITAWAMBA... LAFAYETTE...LEE...LEFLORE...PANOLA...PONTOTOC...QUITMAN...SUNFLOWER ...TALLAHATCHIE...WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...YALOBUSHA...ISSAQUENA... SHARKEY...HOLMES...CARROLL...MONTGOMERY...CLAY...MONROE...YAZOO... HUMPHREYS
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 7:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
MSZ001>041-221400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMMENT...CORRECTION TO TITLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 704 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH 242 NO LONGER IN EFFECT ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF A GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...TUPELO LINE... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT RAPIDLY DEVELOPED EARLIER THIS MORNING HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED...BUT RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT THIS MORNING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH 242 BOLIVAR...CALHOUN...CHICKASAW...COAHOMA...ITAWAMBA... LAFAYETTE...LEE...LEFLORE...PANOLA...PONTOTOC...QUITMAN...SUNFLOWER ...TALLAHATCHIE...WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...YALOBUSHA...ISSAQUENA... SHARKEY...HOLMES...CARROLL...MONTGOMERY...CLAY...MONROE...YAZOO... HUMPHREYS
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 9:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
MSZ031>033-037>039-043-044-221600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 908 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH 242 NO LONGER IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF VALLEY PARK...CANTON...CARTHAGE...LOUISVILLE...MACON LINE... THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED GREATLY DURING THE PAST HOUR IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 242 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... CHOCTAW...OKTIBBEHA...LOWNDES....ATTALA...WINSTON...NOXUBEE...MADISON AND LEAKE. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES WERE REMOVED EARLIER THIS MORNING FROM THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 242. BOLIVAR...CALHOUN...CHICKASAW...COAHOMA...ITAWAMBA... LAFAYETTE...LEE...LEFLORE...PANOLA...PONTOTOC...QUITMAN...SUNFLOWER ...TALLAHATCHIE...WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...YALOBUSHA...ISSAQUENA... SHARKEY...HOLMES...CARROLL...MONTGOMERY...CLAY...MONROE...YAZOO... HUMPHREYS. PERSONS IN THE CLEARED COUNTIES SHOULD STILL REMAIN ALERT AS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING REMAINS HIGH THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 11:13 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
MSZ040-052-221700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1115 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH 242 NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.. ...TORNADO WATCH 244 REMAIINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1PM... ...FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGH MIDNIGHT... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 242 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF VICKSBURG...JACKSON AND MERIDIAN. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 244 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1PM FOR NATCHEZ... HAZELHURST...HATTIESBURG...MCCOMB...WAYNESBORO AND POPLARVILLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES. BOLIVAR...CALHOUN...CHICKASAW...COAHOMA...ITAWAMBA... LAFAYETTE...LEE...LEFLORE...PANOLA...PONTOTOC...QUITMAN...SUNFLOWER ...TALLAHATCHIE...WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...YALOBUSHA...ISSAQUENA... SHARKEY...HOLMES...CARROLL...MONTGOMERY...CLAY...MONROE...YAZOO... HUMPHREYS. PERSONS IN THE CLEARED COUNTIES SHOULD STILL REMAIN ALERT AS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING REMAINS HIGH THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDHS OF THE STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 11:22 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
MSZ040-052-221700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO DELETE BAD TEXT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1115 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH 242 NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.. ...TORNADO WATCH 244 REMAIINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1PM... ...FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGH MIDNIGHT... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 242 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF VICKSBURG...JACKSON AND MERIDIAN. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 244 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1PM FOR NATCHEZ... HAZELHURST...HATTIESBURG...MCCOMB...WAYNESBORO AND POPLARVILLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR ANY" FURTHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Morehouse | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 3:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | West Carroll | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 4:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | East Carroll | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 9:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tensas | 58 min |
| Apr 22, 10:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, Tensas | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 10:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Franklin, Tensas | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 11:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Tensas | 3 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tensas | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 63 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
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.