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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Jackson, MS

December 2, 1991Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 2, 1991, 5:37 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 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
Dec 2, 1991, 5:37 PM CST (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Dec 2, 1991, 6:30 PM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lauderdale County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 2, 5:53 PM CSTTornado F0Lauderdale, 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1991-12-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1991-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 022337
TORMEI
MSC075-030030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
537 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY
 
AT 537 PM MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES PER HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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, 3 hours 15 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, 3 hours 1 minute 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 56 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, 1 hour 8 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.
Special weather statement, Dec 2, 5:33 PM CST, 4 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-030030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
525 PM CST MON DEC 2 1991

...TORNADO WATCH 832 FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TIL 9 PM CST...
...TORNADO WATCH 831 FOR SECTIONS OF MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI TIL 7 PM CST...

AT 525 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED THAT
MOST OF THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE WEST SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN AND SOUTHWEST OF
MACON.

OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE...RADAR SHOWED SPOTTY AREAS OF LIGHT
RAIN WITH ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWERS. THE STORMS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT% 55 MILES AN HOUR.

TORNADO WATCH 831 INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GRENADA...CARTHAGE...JACKSON...
MCCOMB AND COLUMBIA TIL 7 PM. TORNADO WATCH 832 INCLUDES THE HATTIESBURG
AREA TIL 9 PM CST.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 3:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln48 min
Dec 2, 3:50 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln, Simpson40 min
Dec 2, 4:27 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Simpson, Smith33 min
Dec 2, 4:50 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba, Newton40 min
Dec 2, 5:07 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper53 min
Dec 2, 5:22 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper53 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.