Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 2, 1991, 4:50 PM CST for Neshoba County, Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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, 4:50 PM CST (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 2, 1991, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 5:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Neshoba, MS | |
| Dec 2, 5:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Newton, 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 KMEI 022251 TORMEI MSC099-101-022330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 450 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NESHOBA COUNTY...NEWTON COUNTY AT 448 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE TORNADOES 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHILADELPHIA AND 12 MILES WEST OF NEWTON MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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 28 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, 2 hours 14 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, 2 hours 9 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.
Special weather statement, Dec 2, 4:29 PM CST, 21 minutes before
MSZ009-012-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 427 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 831 FOR A LARGE PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST... AT 425 PM CST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM STARKVILLE TO JUST WEST OF PHILADELPHIA MISSISSIPPI. MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM EASTERN HOLMES TO LAWRENCE COUNTIES MISSISSIPPI. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE VERY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER.
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, 4:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Simpson, Smith | 33 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
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.