Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings in 1999
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jan 22, 1999, 7:02 PM CST for Lawrence County, Lincoln 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
- Jan 22, 1999, 7:02 PM CST (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1999, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1843 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 12.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 230103 FFWJAN MSC031-065-077-085-230400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 702 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1000 PM CST * AT 700 PM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE CONTINUING TO REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS...WITH AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING IN ONE HOUR. * AS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES...FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS... AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY TO OCCUR. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGER OF FLOODING. 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
Local storm report, Jan 22, 3:00 PM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
300 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0715 AM BASTROP LA 1 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 MOREHOUSE QUATER SIZE HAIL IN
BASTROP
0720 AM LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 MOREHOUSE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT MER
ROGUE
0823 AM EUDORA AR TORNADO
01/22/99 CHICOT TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
EUDORA REPORTED BY AHP.
DIME SIZE HAIL ALSO
REPORTED IN EUDORA.
0830 AM MS .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 WASHINGTON NICKEL SIZE HAIL NEAR THE
RIVER
0936 AM SCHLATER MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 LEFLORE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT
SCHLATER
1057 AM WINONA MS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
01/22/99 MONTGOMERY 60 MPH TSTM GUST
1058 AM RAYMOND MS .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 HINDS DIME SIZE HAIL IN RAYMOND
REPORTED BY HINDS EOC
1100 AM GRENADA MS WIND DAMAGE
01/22/99 GRENADA POWER LINES DOWN REPORTED
BY GRENADA EOC
1100 AM RAYMOND MS TORNADO
01/22/99 HINDS TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR
AIRPORT
1215 PM JONESVILLE LA TORNADO
01/22/99 CATAHOULA TORNADO TOUCH DOWN AT
JONESVILLE.
1225 PM NOXAPATER MS .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 WINSTON DIME SIZE HAIL AT
NOXAPATER
1225 PM PHILADELPHIA MS .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 NESHOBA NICKEL SIZE HAIL 8 MILES
NW OF PHILADELPHIA
1225 PM BENTON MS .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 YAZOO DIME SIZE HAIL AT BENTON
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0100 PM LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 TENSAS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 12
MILES W OF ST. JOSEPH
0131 PM LA .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 MADISON DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES W
OF VICKSBURG
0115 PM FERRIDAY LA TORNADO
01/22/99 CONCORDIA TRONADO TOUCH DOWN AT
FERRIDAY.
0142 PM VICKSBURG MS .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 WARREN NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT
VICKSBURG
0159 PM VICKSBURG MS 1 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 WARREN QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR
VICKSBURG
0203 PM WASHINGTON MS 1.25 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 ADAMS HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AT
WASHINGTON
0230 PM VAIDEN MS TORNADO
01/22/99 CARROLL TORNADO ON GROUND AT
VAIDEN REPORTED BY MHP.
0240 PM CLINTON MS WIND DAMAGE
01/22/99 HINDS SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE
CLINTON AREAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 6:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Scott, Smith | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 6:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 6:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 6:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 45 min |
| Jan 22, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 7:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 7:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 7:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 85 min |
| Jan 22, 8:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 8:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 51 min |
| Jan 22, 8:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 8:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 94 min |
| Jan 22, 9:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 95 min |
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.