Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jan 7, 1998, 7:37 AM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 83 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
- Jan 7, 1998, 7:37 AM CST (13:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 1998, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lauderdale County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 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 071342 FFWJAN MSC075-071500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 737 AM CST WED JAN 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY AT 735 AM MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY BUT WERE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH FROM THE SOUTHWEST. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SINCE MIDNIGHT. RUNOFF FROM THESE RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING AND THE WARNING IS EXTENDED ON THAT BASIS. THE RAINS SHOULD END COMPLETELY BETWEEN 800 AND 900 OCLOCK. RESIDENTS NEAR SOWASHEE CREEK SHOULD ALSO REMAIN ALERT TO ADDITIONAL STREAMBED FLOODING. MANY ROADS WERE UNDER WATER IN THE COUNTY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. < 76 &
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, Jan 7, 7:10 AM CST, 27 minutes before
MSZ074>-071400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 710 AM CST WED JAN 7 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 2 CANCELLED FOR FORREST COUNTY... THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE LOCAL AREA AND THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED IN FORREST COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 7:10 AM CST, 27 minutes before
MSZ074>-071400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 710 AM CST WED JAN 7 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 2 CANCELLED FOR FORREST COUNTY... THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE LOCAL AREA AND THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED IN FORREST COUNTY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 4 hr |
| Jan 7, 4:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 30 min |
| Jan 7, 4:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Jan 7, 4:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jones | 3 hr |
| Jan 7, 5:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 41 min |
| Jan 7, 8:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton | 3 hr |
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.