Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 27, 1997, 9:07 AM CDT for Hinds 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
- Apr 27, 1997, 9:07 AM CDT (14:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1997, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hinds County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 462 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 568 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 271415 COR FFWJAN MSC049-271615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING ...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 907 AM CDT SUN APR 27 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...HINDS COUNTY A SLOW MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HINDS COUNTY THIS MORNING. AS THE STORMS TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG A LINE THAT IS ORIENTED NORTH TO SOUTH...SEVERAL STORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS AND WILL RESULT IN EXTENDED PERIODS OF RAINFALL. THIS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF FLOODING IN HINDS COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER MUST BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. <
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, Apr 27, 8:30 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
MSZ001>082-280400- MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 830 AM CDT SUN APR 27 1997 A COMPLEX SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING NEAR THE LOUISIANA COAST IS PULLING MOISTURE NORTHWARD OVER MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING FROM THE GULF. IN ADDITION...UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING EASTWARD FROM TEXAS ARE HELPING TO LIFT THIS WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIR. AS A RESULT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE AFFECTING MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE...AND SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 4:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 4:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 6:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 6:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 6:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 6:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 7:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 7:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 11:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 1:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Smith | 105 min |
| Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 105 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.