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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 19, 1991, 8:16 PM CST for Adams County, Jefferson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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
- Nov 19, 1991, 8:16 PM CST (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 1991, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, MS, Jefferson County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 8:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Adams, 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 898 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 200217 TORJAN MSC001-063-200300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 816 PM CST TUE NOV 19 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 814 PM CST JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO TRYING TO FORM NEAR NATCHEZ MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD. <
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, Nov 19, 6:46 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-200140-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
635 PM CST TUE NOV 20 1991
TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1100 PM...
AT 627 PM JACKSON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALLOCCURRING IN A BROKEN LINE FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS...
TO THE VICINITY OF MONROE LOUISIANA...SOUTHWARD TO THE VICINITY OF MORROW
AND BUNKIE IN EAST LOUISIANA. SOME PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WITHIN THE WESTERN PORTION OF
MISSISSIPPI IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PEOPLE IN WEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 6:49 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-200140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 635 PM CST TUE NOV 20 1991 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1100 PM... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE NORTHWESTERNMOST AND RIVER COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI AT 627 PM JACKSON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALLOCCURRING IN A BROKEN LINE FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS... TO THE VICINITY OF MONROE LOUISIANA...SOUTHWARD TO THE VICINITY OF MORROW AND BUNKIE IN EAST LOUISIANA. SOME PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WITHIN THE WESTERN PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PEOPLE IN WEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN@ THE NEXT FEW HOURS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 7:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Nov 19, 8:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 49 min |
| Nov 19, 8:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 52 min |
| Nov 19, 9:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 50 min |
| Nov 19, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 31 min |
| Nov 19, 10:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 41 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.