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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1998, 3:34 PM CDT for Hinds County, Madison 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
- Jul 14, 1998, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1998, 5:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 21 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
- 1561 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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 142036 COR FFWJAN MSC049-089-142235- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 334 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 540 PM CDT * AT 332 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER MUCH OF MADISON AND NORTHERN HINDS COUNTIES...MOVING LITTLE. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND ROADS. PURPLE CREEK AT COUNTY LINE ROAD AND WHITE OAK CREEK AT ATKINS BLVD AS WELL AS HANGING MOSS CREEK NEAR I-55 AND RIDGEWOOD ROAD COULD ALL COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. * FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE HINDS EOC IN NORTH JACKSON. WATER WAS COVERING NUMEROUS ROADS. DON'T DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS! MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 65
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 14, 10:10 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-150400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1010 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998 A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS PERSISTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. A NEARLY STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TORRENTIAL RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. HOWEVER... A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT FOR SEVERE WEATHER DETECTION. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 10:10 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>029-032>066-072> 074-150400- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1010 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998 A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS PERSISTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. A NEARLY STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TORRENTIAL RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. HOWEVER... A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT FOR SEVERE WEATHER DETECTION. FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT: HTTP://WWW.JANNWS.STATE.MS.US /IN LOWER CASE LETTERS/
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 12:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin | 95 min |
| Jul 14, 5:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll | 85 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.