Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 6, 1998, 12:44 PM CST for Carroll 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
- Mar 6, 1998, 12:44 PM CST (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1998, 2:45 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carroll County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 061845 FFWJAN MSC015-062045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1244 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY AT 1244 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF ONE INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 1145 AM. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CROSSING THE AREA DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DjEPTH MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER MUST BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. < 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, Mar 6, 10:15 AM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072>
074-070400-
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1015 AM CST FRI MAR 6 1998
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM NEAR NATCHEZ TO TUPELO THIS
MORNING. THE AIR MASS SOUTH OF THE FRONT IS HUMID BUT AN INCREASING
DECK OF HIGH CLOUDS WILL INHIBIT STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY.
THE HUMID AIR MASS WILL SPREAD TO THE NORTH AS THE FRONT LIFTS NORTH
THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT BUT NO
ORGANIZED SEVERE DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED.
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
OFFICIALS IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT:
HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US (IN SMALL CASE LETTERS).Local storm report, Mar 6, 10:28 AM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1028 AM CST FRI MAR 06 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0222 PM GALLMAN MS
03/05/98 COPIAH LIGHTNING STARTED A FIRE
TO A HOUSE. HOUSE
DESTROYED. REPORTED BY
COPIAH S.O.
0800 PM 15 E QUITMAN MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 CLARKE REPORTED BY WTOK RADIO.
0842 PM MANGHAM LA 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 RICHLAND ALSO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
REPORTED BY SPOTTERS AND
TROOP F MONROE.
0845 PM 5 W ALTO LA 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 RICHLAND ALSO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
RELAYED BY NWS SHERVEPORT.
0849 PM MANGHAM LA 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 RICHLAND REPORTED BY TROOP F
MONROE.
0854 PM 4 SW MANGHAM LA WIND DAMAGE
03/05/98 RICHLAND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...DAMAGE
TO OUT BUILDINGS AND A TV
ATENNA BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY TROOP F
MONROE.
0904 PM 5 S MANGHAM LA 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 FRANKLIN REPORTED BY TROOP F
MONROE.
0920 PM WINNSBORO LA WIND DAMAGE
03/05/98 FRANKLIN A FRAMED NEW POST OFFICE
WAS DESTROYED. REPORTED BY
HOUSE TRIALER BLOWN
OFF FOUNDATION. TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS THE PARISH.
TROOP F MONROE.Local storm report, Mar 6, 10:28 AM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1028 AM CST FRI MAR 06 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0222 PM GALLMAN MS
03/05/98 COPIAH LIGHTNING STARTED A FIRE
TO A HOUSE. HOUSE
DESTROYED. REPORTED BY
COPIAH S.O.
0800 PM 15 E QUITMAN MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 CLARKE REPORTED BY WTOK RADIO.
0842 PM MANGHAM LA 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 RICHLAND ALSO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
REPORTED BY SPOTTERS AND
TROOP F MONROE.
0845 PM 5 W ALTO LA 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 RICHLAND ALSO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
RELAYED BY NWS SHERVEPORT.
0849 PM MANGHAM LA 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 RICHLAND REPORTED BY TROOP F
MONROE.
0854 PM 4 SW MANGHAM LA WIND DAMAGE
03/05/98 RICHLAND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...DAMAGE
TO OUT BUILDINGS AND A TV
ATENNA BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY TROOP F
MONROE.
0904 PM 5 S MANGHAM LA 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 FRANKLIN REPORTED BY TROOP F
MONROE.
0920 PM WINNSBORO LA WIND DAMAGE
03/05/98 FRANKLIN A FRAMED NEW POST OFFICE
WAS DESTROYED. REPORTED BY
HOUSE TRIALER BLOWN
OFF FOUNDATION. TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS THE PARISH.
TROOP F MONROE.Local storm report, Mar 6, 11:36 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1136 AM CST FRI MAR 06 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0849 PM MANGHAM LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 RICHLAND REPORTED BY TROOP F
MONROE.
1040 PM LORMAN MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 JEFFERSON REPORTED BY JEFFERSON S.O.
1110 PM FAYETTE MS .75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 JEFFERSON REPORTED BY JEFFERSON S.O.Local storm report, Mar 6, 11:36 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1136 AM CST FRI MAR 06 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0849 PM MANGHAM LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 RICHLAND REPORTED BY TROOP F
MONROE.
1040 PM LORMAN MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 JEFFERSON REPORTED BY JEFFERSON S.O.
1110 PM FAYETTE MS .75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 JEFFERSON REPORTED BY JEFFERSON S.O.Local storm report, Mar 6, 11:43 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1143 AM CST FRI MAR 06 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0222 PM GALLMAN MS
03/05/98 COPIAH LIGHTNING STARTED A FIRE
TO A HOUSE. HOUSE
DESTROYED. REPORTED BY
COPIAH S.O.
0800 PM 15 E QUITMAN MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 CLARKE REPORTED BY WTOK RADIO.
0842 PM MANGHAM LA 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 RICHLAND ALSO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
REPORTED BY SPOTTERS AND
TROOP F MONROE.
0845 PM 5 W ALTO LA 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 RICHLAND ALSO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
RELAYED BY NWS SHERVEPORT.
0849 PM MANGHAM LA 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 RICHLAND REPORTED BY TROOP F
MONROE.
0854 PM 4 SW MANGHAM LA WIND DAMAGE
03/05/98 RICHLAND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...DAMAGE
TO OUT BUILDINGS AND A TV
ATENNA BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY TROOP F
MONROE.
0904 PM 5 S MANGHAM LA 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/05/98 FRANKLIN REPORTED BY TROOP F
MONROE.
0920 PM WINNSBORO LA WIND DAMAGE
03/05/98 FRANKLIN A FRAMED NEW POST OFFICE
WAS DESTROYED. HOUSE TRAILER
BLOWN OFF FOUNDATION
TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN ACROSS THE PARISH.
REPORTED BY TROOP F
MONROE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 47 min |
| Mar 5, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 58 min |
| Mar 5, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 56 min |
| Mar 5, 10:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 68 min |
| Mar 5, 11:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 1:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 37 min |
| Mar 6, 5:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 26 min |
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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.