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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 2, 1991, 4:27 PM CST for Covington County, Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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
- Dec 2, 1991, 4:27 PM CST (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 2, 1991, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Covington County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 4:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Simpson, MS | |
| Dec 2, 4:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Covington, 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 022228 TORJAN MSC127-129-031-022300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 427 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...EASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY...SMITH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY AT 425 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON STILL INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN EXTREME SOUTHERN SIMPSON COUNTY ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAGEE. THE STORM WAS MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST...CLOSE TO 55 MILES AN HOUR. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR APARTMENT. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS. <
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, Dec 2, 2:22 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
MSZ002-006-003-008-010-011-022100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 220 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS STRENGTHENING OVER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 220 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVIMG INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY MOVING TOWARDS MEADVILLE AND BUDE. IF THIS STORM CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...A WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED. OTHER INTENSIFYING STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR PORT GIBSON AND JUST EAST OF FAYETTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI TIL 7 PM CST. THE WATCH INFCLUDES ALL OF MISSISSIPPI WEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBIA TO COLUMBUS.
Special weather statement, Dec 2, 2:36 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-022130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 230 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH TIL 7 PM CST FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI... AT 230 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVING INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF BUDE AND MEADVILLE BY 3 PM. OTHER STORMS WERE GAINING STRENGTH WERE NEAR FAYETTE AND PORT GIBSON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COVERD THE WESTERN THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING AROUND HOLLY BLUFF AND ROLLING FORK AND BETWEEN GREENVILLE AND CHARLESTON.
Special weather statement, Dec 2, 2:41 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
MSZ009-012-022245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 240 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 831 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING... AT 230 PM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED. A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST ...WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE vSTRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 3:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 48 min |
| Dec 2, 3:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 40 min |
| Dec 2, 4:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 40 min |
| Dec 2, 5:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 53 min |
| Dec 2, 5:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 53 min |
| Dec 2, 5:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 53 min |
Nearby
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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.