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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Jackson, MS

May 5, 1991Humphreys County, Sunflower County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 1991, 8:02 PM CDT for Humphreys County, Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports 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: May 5, 1991, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 1991, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Humphreys County, MS, Sunflower County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 5, 8:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Sunflower, MS
May 5, 8:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Humphreys, 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 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

Local storm report, May 5, 2:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
215 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 1991

120 PM CDT...SUMTER COUNTY C. D. REPORTS TREES DOWN IN CUBA ALABAMA
             (10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIVINGSTON ALABAMA).

Special weather statement, May 5, 2:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before

MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-052200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
255 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 287 WHICH INCLUDES CLARKE...JONES
...AND WAYNE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 286 HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 245 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FAYETTE TO PHILADELPHIA
MISSISSIPPI TO WINFIELD ALABAMA.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF LAUREL
MISSISSIPPI.

THE ENTIRE AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD RE
MAIN ALERT FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Local storm report, May 5, 4:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
415 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 1991

TIME (CDT)     PLACE                            EVENT

0830-0930AM    NEAR CHARLESTON              1.8 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1 HR
               TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY          AS RPTD BY STATE E.O.C.

0849AM         NEAR MINTER CITY             NICKEL SIZE HAIL COVERING
               LEFLORE COUNTY               PART OF A COUNTY ROAD FM C.D.

0905AM         GREENWOOD AIRPORT            WIND GUST 52KT FROM SAO
               CARROLL COUNTY

1015AM         6 MI E OF COFFEEVILLE        POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE TO 5
               YALOBUSHA COUNTY             COTTON TRAILERS, ONE HOUSE WITH
                                x            SHINGLE DAMAGE, ONE MOBILE HOME
                                            USED AS VOTING PRECINCT DESTROYED
                                            1 INCH RAIN IN 1 HOUR AT 1000AM.

Special weather statement, May 5, 5:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 5, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 5, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	45 min
May 6, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin	29 min
May 6, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	48 min
May 6, 12:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Smith	35 min
May 6, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	54 min

Nearby

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