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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Jackson, MS

April 27, 1991Grenada County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1991, 11:45 PM CDT for Grenada County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1991, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 1991, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Grenada County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 11:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Grenada, MS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1991-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3219 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1991-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3219 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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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 tornado 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, Apr 27, 7:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower, Washington46 min
Apr 27, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Tallahatchie44 min
Apr 27, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys54 min
Apr 27, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey48 min
Apr 27, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes43 min
Apr 27, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala53 min
Apr 27, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo35 min
Apr 27, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston56 min
Apr 28, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Webster29 min
Apr 28, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar49 min
Apr 28, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Jefferson30 min
Apr 28, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington64 min
Apr 28, 5:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower52 min
Apr 28, 5:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Washington3 hr
Apr 28, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada41 min
Apr 28, 6:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes34 min
Apr 28, 7:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Montgomery48 min
Apr 28, 7:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCalhoun, Choctaw, Webster43 min
Apr 28, 7:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston68 min
Apr 28, 8:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo44 min
Apr 28, 8:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba65 min
Apr 28, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee65 min
Apr 28, 8:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston32 min
Apr 28, 9:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Warren3 hr
Apr 28, 10:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba30 min
Apr 28, 10:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale43 min
Apr 28, 10:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee43 min
Apr 28, 12:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds60 min
Apr 28, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott52 min
Apr 28, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale47 min
Apr 28, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba63 min
Apr 28, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo52 min
Apr 28, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey44 min
Apr 28, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale44 min
Apr 28, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton39 min
Apr 28, 2:17 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale43 min
Apr 28, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln44 min
Apr 28, 2:50 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah40 min
Apr 28, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence50 min
Apr 28, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson53 min
Apr 28, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah10 min
Apr 28, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHinds40 min
Apr 28, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala52 min
Apr 28, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery49 min
Apr 28, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAdams, Jefferson50 min
Apr 28, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANPike32 min
Apr 28, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery45 min
Apr 28, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster45 min
Apr 28, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne26 min
Apr 28, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore35 min
Apr 28, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren39 min
Apr 28, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington50 min
Apr 28, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds44 min
Apr 28, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton49 min
Apr 28, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWilkinson44 min
Apr 28, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Leflore, Tallahatchie49 min
Apr 28, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNeshoba25 min
Apr 28, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite48 min
Apr 28, 6:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington2 hr
Apr 28, 11:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSumter44 min
Apr 28, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSumter42 min
Apr 28, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSumter46 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.