Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1997, 3:20 PM CDT for Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 115 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1997, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1997, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newton County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 2216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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 132021 FFWJAN MSC099-101-159-132215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 320 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NESHOBA COUNTY...NEWTON COUNTY...WINSTON COUNTY AT 315 PM...JACKSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHWARD OVER WINSTON...NESHOBA...AND NEWTON COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THESE AREAS WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. AT 305 PM...STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN NOXAPATER. ALSO...ROAD FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 25. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJE`CT TO FLASH FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. < 69/78 &
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, Jul 13, 9:49 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066- 072>074-140400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AND THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SP^OTTERS... HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066- 072>074-140400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AND THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS... HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 3:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 115 min |
| Jul 13, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 53 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.