Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS New Orleans, LA
NWS New Orleans, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 1998, 8:09 PM CDT for Amite County, 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
- May 28, 1998, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1998, 11:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New Orleans, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Amite County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1879 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KNEW 290108 FFWNEW MSC005-290410- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 809 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A... * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR - AMITE COUNTY SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1110 PM CDT * DOPPLER RADAR IN THE PAST TWO HOURS HAS INDICATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM GLOSTER TO LIBERTY AND SOUTH TO THE COUNTY/PARISH LINE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL APPEARS TO BE JUST SOUTH OF GLOSTER ALONG HIGHWAY 33 BETWEEN GLOSTER AND CENTREVILLE. AMITE COUNTY SHERRIFFS OFFICE HAS REPORTED WATER COVERING THE ROADS AND FLOODING IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTY. * AT 807 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE WARNED AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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, May 28, 7:40 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-291600- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 740 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1998 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREAS THIS THURSDAY EVENING. LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH TO NORTHEAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
Special weather statement, May 28, 7:40 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-291600- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 740 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1998 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREAS THIS THURSDAY EVENING. LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH TO NORTHEAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 65 min |
| May 28, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 50 min |
| May 28, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike | 44 min |
| May 28, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pike | 3 hr |
| May 29, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 48 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.