Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 1997, 11:42 AM CDT for Newton County, Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 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
- Jun 25, 1997, 11:42 AM CDT (16:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1997, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Newton County, MS, Scott County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 739 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 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 251644 FFWJAN MSC123-101-251845- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1142 AM CDT WED JUN 25 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NEWTON COUNTY AT 1140 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER NEWTON AND SCOTT COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL BETWEEN 1030 AND 1130 AM HAS FALLEN OVER EASTERN SCOTT AND WESTERN NEWTON COUNTIES WHERE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO 2 AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER AND SOUTH OF THE WARNED COUNTIES INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCUR0RING OR IS IMMINENT. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. < 69
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, Jun 25, 9:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-250400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT WED JUN 25 1997 THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ...AS A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT MOVES OVER THE REGION. ALSO THE STORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH...WHERE DAYTIME HEATING WILL INTERACT WITH THE SEABREEZE AND OTHER BOUNDARIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...HAM RADIO OPERATORS ...AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPA@TED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-250400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT WED JUN 25 1997 THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ...AS A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT MOVES OVER THE REGION. ALSO THE STORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH...WHERE DAYTIME HEATING WILL INTERACT WITH THE SEABREEZE AND OTHER BOUNDARIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...HAM RADIO OPERATORS ...AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 11:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams | 4 hr |
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.