Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 1997, 12:45 PM CDT for Jones County, 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
- May 19, 1997, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1997, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 738 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 KJAN 191748 FFWJAN MSC067-192045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1245 PM CDT MON MAY 19 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY PINE BELT REGIONAL AIRPORT HAS REPORTED 4 INCHES DURING THE PAST TWO AND A HALF HOURS. ALSO DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAS SHOWN AROUND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST HOUR. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY DURING THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 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. < 75
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, May 19, 10:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-200400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1035 AM CDT MON MAY 19 1997 THE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION TODAY IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST HAS ALREADY TRIGGERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI...AND THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD FARTHER NORTH DURING THE DAY. OVERNIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY BRIEFLY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL OR STRONG WINDS... WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...OR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL FOR SEVERE WEATHER PROBABLY WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY OR TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, May 19, 10:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-200400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1035 AM CDT MON MAY 19 1997 THE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION TODAY IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST HAS ALREADY TRIGGERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI...AND THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD FARTHER NORTH DURING THE DAY. OVERNIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY BRIEFLY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL OR STRONG WINDS... WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...OR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL FOR SEVERE WEATHER PROBABLY WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY OR TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, May 19, 10:45 AM CDT, 2 hours before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-200400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1045 AM CDT MON MAY 19 1997 THE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION TODAY IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST HAS ALREADY TRIGGERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD FARTHER NORTH DURING THE DAY. OVERNIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION. ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY BRIEFLY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL OR STRONG WINDS... WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...OR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL FOR SEVERE WEATHER PROBABLY WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 43 min |
| May 19, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 25 min |
| May 19, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 44 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997
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.