Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jan 26, 1996, 3:45 PM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 1996, 3:45 PM CST (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 1996, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Leake County, MS, Madison County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 643 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 718 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 262145 FFWJAN MSC049-079-089-121-123-099-270045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 345 PM CST FRI JAN 26 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...HINDS COUNTY...LEAKE COUNTY...SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY ...RANKIN COUNTY...SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NESHOBA COUNTY AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ROAD FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AT MANY LOCATIONS. SEVERAL HOUSES AND BUSINESSES HAVE ALSO BEEN FLOODED IN THE JACKSON METRO AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. <
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, Jan 26, 9:59 AM CST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
MSZ001>082-270400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST FRI JAN 26 1996 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASING SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER WESTERN MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING AND SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE BY LATE TONIGHT. TH6E SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS WILL BE NECESSARY TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 10:00 AM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
MSZ001>082-270400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CST FRI JAN 26 1996 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASING SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER WESTERN MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING AND SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE BY LATE TONIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS WILL BE NECESSARY TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. WWCN01CWTO 1WWCN01 CWTO 261515 $
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 6:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 29 min |
| Jan 26, 6:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 7:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 7:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 42 min |
| Jan 26, 11:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 2 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 41 min |
| Jan 26, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 50 min |
| Jan 26, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 47 min |
| Jan 26, 2:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 115 min |
| Jan 26, 2:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Scott | 85 min |
| Jan 26, 2:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 58 min |
| Jan 26, 2:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 66 min |
| Jan 26, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 3:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 41 min |
| Jan 26, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 3:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds | 3 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 40 min |
| Jan 26, 4:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 50 min |
| Jan 26, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 49 min |
| Jan 26, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 43 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.