Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 1991, 2:17 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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 28, 1991, 2:17 PM CDT (19:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1991, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lauderdale County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2:25 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Lauderdale, 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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1442 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 281919 TORMEI MSC075-282000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 217 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY AT 215 PM C.D. REPORTS TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN. IT WAS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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
Local storm report, Apr 28, 11:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1140 AM CDT SUN APR 28 1991
1045 AM TO 1100 AM CDT...KEMPER COUNTY S. O. REPORTS TREES DOWN
ALL OVER KEMPER COUNTY MISSIS2SIPPI.Special weather statement, Apr 28, 12:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
MSZALL-281830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1225 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AT 1225 PM. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE OVER HINDS...LAWRENCE ...LEAKE AND SMITH COUNTIES. THESE STRONG STORMS WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN ...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE PATCHES OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MUCH OF SOUTH AND EAST MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 1:26 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
MSZALL-281930- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 120 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AT 115 PM. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE OVER SIMPSON...MADISON AND EASTERN LEAKE COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 13- PM CDT FOR LEAKE COUNTY. LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN LEAKE COUNTY DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES. VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STRONG STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF SOUT AND EAST MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Apr 28, 1:27 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
125 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991
110 PM...LAUDERDALE S.O. REPORTS TREES DOWN NEAR COLLINSVILLE AND DUFFY
IN NORTHWEST LAUDERDALE COUNTY.Local storm report, Apr 28, 1:34 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
133 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991
125 PM...LAUDERDALE CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT WEST
LAUDERDALE SCHOOL.Local storm report, Apr 28, 1:39 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
138 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991
135 PM...PHILADELPHIA P.D. REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL IN CITY.
134 PM...NESHOBA C.D. REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL 1 MILE NORTH OF
PHILDELPHIA.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Tallahatchie | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 11:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 56 min |
| Apr 28, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 5:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 5:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 6:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 7:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Montgomery | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Calhoun, Choctaw, Webster | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 7:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 68 min |
| Apr 28, 8:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 9:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 12:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 10 min |
| Apr 28, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Pike | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wilkinson | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Leflore, Tallahatchie | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 6:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 2 hr |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.