Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 2, 1991, 6:20 PM CST for Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 1991, 6:20 PM CST (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 2, 1991, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sumter County, AL
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Dec 2, 2:22 PM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
MSZ002-006-003-008-010-011-022100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 220 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS STRENGTHENING OVER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 220 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVIMG INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY MOVING TOWARDS MEADVILLE AND BUDE. IF THIS STORM CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...A WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED. OTHER INTENSIFYING STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR PORT GIBSON AND JUST EAST OF FAYETTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI TIL 7 PM CST. THE WATCH INFCLUDES ALL OF MISSISSIPPI WEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBIA TO COLUMBUS.
Special weather statement, Dec 2, 2:36 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-022130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 230 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH TIL 7 PM CST FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI... AT 230 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVING INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF BUDE AND MEADVILLE BY 3 PM. OTHER STORMS WERE GAINING STRENGTH WERE NEAR FAYETTE AND PORT GIBSON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COVERD THE WESTERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING AROUND HOLLY BLUFF AND ROLLING FORK AND BETWEEN GREENVILLE AND CHARLESTON.
Special weather statement, Dec 2, 2:41 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
MSZ009-012-022245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 240 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 831 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING... AT 230 PM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED. A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST ...WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE vSTRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Dec 2, 4:29 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
MSZ009-012-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 427 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 831 FOR A LARGE PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST... AT 425 PM CST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM STARKVILLE TO JUST WEST OF PHILADELPHIA MISSISSIPPI. MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM EASTERN HOLMES TO LAWRENCE COUNTIES MISSISSIPPI. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE VERY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Dec 2, 5:33 PM CST, 47 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-030030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 525 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH 832 FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TIL 9 PM CST... ...TORNADO WATCH 831 FOR SECTIONS OF MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI TIL 7 PM CST... AT 525 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE WEST SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN AND SOUTHWEST OF MACON. OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE...RADAR SHOWED SPOTTY AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WITH ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWERS. THE STORMS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT% 55 MILES AN HOUR. TORNADO WATCH 831 INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GRENADA...CARTHAGE...JACKSON... MCCOMB AND COLUMBIA TIL 7 PM. TORNADO WATCH 832 INCLUDES THE HATTIESBURG AREA TIL 9 PM CST.
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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.