Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Feb 16, 1995, 3:03 AM CST for Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1995, 3:03 AM CST (09:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 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 KTUP 160903 FFWTUP MSC081-161200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 303 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...LEE COUNTY SHORTLY BEFORE 300AM CST...TUPELO POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL REPORTED ONE FOOT OF WATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND GLOSTER IN TUPELO AND TWO FEET OF WATER ON RAYMOND ROAD IN VERONA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO REPORTED NEAR ONE INCH OF RAIN WHILE OTHER SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES HAVE RECEIVED UP TO TW INCHES OF RAIN. WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUED INTO THE MORNING HOURS...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING PROBLEMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. & NNNN
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, 10:20 PM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-160515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1020 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR ITAWAMBA COUNTY... AT 1010 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH GRENEDA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF FLORENCE ALABAMA MOVING VERY LITTLE. HOWEVER...INDIVIDUAL STORM WITHIN THE LINE WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST PONTOTOC AND CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. NNNN
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 10:54 PM CST, 4 hours 9 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-160600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1054 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 67 IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1043 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GRENEDA TO JUST SOUTH FLORENCE ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST CALHOUN COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND/OR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND/OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 11:51 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-160700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1151 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 67 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR MUCH NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1138 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED NUMEROUS RAINSHOWERS AND VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER MISSISSIPPI DELTA AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING NORTHERN CHICKASAW...WESTERN GRENADA...AND NORTHEASTERN LEFLORE COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND MINOR LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY DOWN POURS. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND/OR COMMERCIAL RADIO/TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 12:48 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-160745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1248 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 67 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1234 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED TWO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST CALHOUN COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...AND LOWLAND AND STREET FLOODING DUE TO VERY HEAVY RAINS. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND/OR COMMERCIAL RADIO/TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OF POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 2:51 AM CST, 12 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-161000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 251 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 67 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM FOR MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR ITAWAMBA COUNTY... AT 240 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING ALABAMA...MARION COUNTY.... AND A DEVELOPING STRONTHUNDERSTORM ENTERING LAFAYETTE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND CAN PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND MINOR LOWLAND AND STREET FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINS. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND/OR COMMERCIAL RADIO/TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 31 min |
| Feb 16, 1:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 1:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 35 min |
| Feb 16, 2:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 28 min |
| Feb 16, 2:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 25 min |
| Feb 16, 5:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Oktibbeha | 44 min |
| Feb 16, 5:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 17 min |
| Feb 16, 7:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 36 min |
| Feb 16, 7:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 32 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.