Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Mar 8, 1998, 1:20 AM CST for 4 counties in 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
- Mar 8, 1998, 1:20 AM CST (07:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1998, 3:15 AM CST
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 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 080722 FFWJAN MSC067-031-091-035-073-080915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 120 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...JONES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...COVINGTON COUNTY...MARION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...FORREST COUNTY...LAMAR COUNTY AT 115 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. IN THESE STORMS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING WITH HOURLY AMOUNTS AROUND 1 INCH AT SOME LOCATIONS. NUMEROUS STREETS WERE REPORTED FLOODED IN THE HATTIESBURG AREA. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH 3 AM. MANY AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES ON SATURDAY. THEREFORE...THE SOILS ARE SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BECOME RUNOFF. AT NIGHT BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREASl 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. 66
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 7, 7:34 PM CST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025>027-034>036-080330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 734 PM CST SAT MAR 7 1998 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE DELTA REGION... A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS ARKANSAS IN COMBINATION WITH OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS HAS RESULTED IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE DELTA COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. WINDS AT THE GREENWOOD AND GREENVILLE AIRPORTS HAVE GUSTED AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH BETWEEN 630 AND 730 PM SATURDAY EVENING. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD DURING THE NIGHT. STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY MOVE THROUGH. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY BECOME SOUTHERLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND FINALLY SWITCH TO THE WEST ON SUNDAY.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 7:34 PM CST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025>027-034>036-080330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 734 PM CST SAT MAR 7 1998 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE DELTA REGION... A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS ARKANSAS IN COMBINATION WITH OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS HAS RESULTED IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE DELTA COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. WINDS AT THE GREENWOOD AND GREENVILLE AIRPORTS HAVE GUSTED AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH BETWEEN 630 AND 730 PM SATURDAY EVENING. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD DURING THE NIGHT. STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY MOVE THROUGH. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY BECOME SOUTHERLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND FINALLY SWITCH TO THE WEST ON SUNDAY.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 9:43 PM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
ARZ075-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>052-055>058-080545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 943 PM CST SAT MAR 7 1998 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE REGION ASSOCIATED WITH DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE... A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS ARKANSAS IN COMBINATION WITH OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS HAS RESULTED IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD DURING THE NIGHT. STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY MOVE THROUGH. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY BECOME SOUTHERLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND FINALLY SWITCH TO THE WEST ON SUNDAY.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 9:43 PM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
ARZ075-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>052-055>058-080545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 943 PM CST SAT MAR 7 1998 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE REGION ASSOCIATED WITH DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE... A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS ARKANSAS IN COMBINATION WITH OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS HAS RESULTED IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD DURING THE NIGHT. STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY MOVE THROUGH. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY BECOME SOUTHERLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND FINALLY SWITCH TO THE WEST ON SUNDAY.
Local storm report, Mar 8, 1:03 AM CST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
103 AM CST SUN MAR 08 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0855 AM MILO AR WIND DAMAGE
03/07/98 ASHLEY FOUR HOUSES DAMAGED AND
FOUR BARNS DEMOLISHED.
ALSO GOLFBALL HAIL.
0855 AM FOUNTAIN HILL AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 ASHLEY HAIL ACCUMULATED THREE
INCHES DEEP ON THE GROUND.
1140 AM LA .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 CATAHOULA
1148 AM LA 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 CATAHOULA TWO REPORTS IN THE PARISH.
1247 PM BROOKHAVEN MS .88 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 LINCOLN JUST NORTH OF BROOKHAVEN.
0800 PM 2 W RALEIGH MS FLOODING
03/07/98 SMITH ROADS FLOODED KNEE DEEP.
0800 PM MS FLOODING
03/07/98 LAMAR SEVERAL ROADS UNDER WATER
AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR
BANKS.
0830 PM ROCK HILL MS FLOODING
03/07/98 COVINGTON ROAD CLOSED.
0830 PM PETAL MS FLOODING
03/07/98 FORREST NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED.
1100 PM PETAL MS FLOODING
03/07/98 FORREST HOUSES BEGINNING TO FLOOD.Local storm report, Mar 8, 1:03 AM CST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
103 AM CST SUN MAR 08 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0855 AM MILO AR WIND DAMAGE
03/07/98 ASHLEY FOUR HOUSES DAMAGED AND
FOUR BARNS DEMOLISHED.
ALSO GOLFBALL HAIL.
0855 AM FOUNTAIN HILL AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 ASHLEY HAIL ACCUMULATED THREE
INCHES DEEP ON THE GROUND.
1140 AM LA .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 CATAHOULA
1148 AM LA 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 CATAHOULA TWO REPORTS IN THE PARISH.
1247 PM BROOKHAVEN MS .88 INCH HAIL
03/07/98 LINCOLN JUST NORTH OF BROOKHAVEN.
0800 PM 2 W RALEIGH MS FLOODING
03/07/98 SMITH ROADS FLOODED KNEE DEEP.
0800 PM MS FLOODING
03/07/98 LAMAR SEVERAL ROADS UNDER WATER
AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR
BANKS.
0830 PM ROCK HILL MS FLOODING
03/07/98 COVINGTON ROAD CLOSED.
0830 PM PETAL MS FLOODING
03/07/98 FORREST NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED.
1100 PM PETAL MS FLOODING
03/07/98 FORREST HOUSES BEGINNING TO FLOOD.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 7:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 11:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 11:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:20 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 115 min |
| Mar 8, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 44 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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.