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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 1991, 3:35 PM CDT for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1991, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1991, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hinds County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 KJAN 282036 TORJAN MSC029-049-282115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 335 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...COPIAH COUNTY...HINDS COUNTY AT 330PM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TRACK WILL TAKE THE STORM INTO SOUTHERN HINDS COUNTY JUST WEST OF MORGANS STORE AND TOWARD RAYMOND DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM AND YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OYUTRUN A TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. <
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, 1:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 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, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 1 hour 56 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.Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
MSZALL-282030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 222 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 223 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR MOST OF THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF MISSISSIPPI. THE WATCH AREA COVERS ALL OF THE STATE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ROLLING FORK TO YAZOO CITY TO PHILADELPHIA. AT 215 PM CDT JACKSON RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG STORMS IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI OVER YAZOO AND SHARKEY COUNTIES...AND IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI OVER FRANKLIN...LINCOLN AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY...AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MILES AN HOUR...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNINGT AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEHWERE PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Apr 28, 3:12 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
309 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991
...LATE REPORTS FOR SUMTER CO. ALABAMA 4/28/91...
1115 AM CDT...SUMTER CO. C.D. REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN OUTSIDE CU3BA.
ON CITY ROAD 21 TREES BLOWN DOWN ON HOME...NO INJURIES.
ON I-20 NEAR EPES EXIT CARS BLOWN OFF ROAD...NO INJURIES.Local storm report, Apr 28, 3:18 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
315 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991
225 PM CDT...LAUDERDALE COUNTY S. O. REPORTS NICKEL-SIZE HAIL
15 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSI?PPI NEAR
DUFFEE MISSISSIPPI.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, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 43 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, 3:38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.