Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jan 7, 1998, 8:54 AM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 3 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
- Jan 7, 1998, 8:54 AM CST (14:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 1998, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 071458 FFWJAN MSC069-075-099-101-071800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 854 AM CST WED JAN 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...KEMPER COUNTY...LAUDERDALE COUNTY...NESHOBA COUNTY ...NEWTON COUNTY RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATE THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT. AT 845 AM LAUDERDALE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF ROADS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES. WATER ON ROADS AS DEEP AS SEVEN INCHES AND SOME DRAINAGE DITCHES UP TO 8 FEET DEEP. ALSO...RISING WATER ON ROADS HAS BEEN REPORTED BY CIVIL DEFENSE AND SHERRIFS OFFICE IN NESHOBA AND KEMPER COUNTIES. WITH THE WATER STILL SLOWLY RISING...FLOODING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. 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, Jan 7, 7:10 AM CST, 1 hour 44 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, 1 hour 44 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, 7:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 83 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.