Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 1991, 4:47 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
- Mar 28, 1991, 4:47 PM CST (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1991, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lauderdale County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Lauderdale, 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 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 282249 TORMEI MSC075-282330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 447 PM CST THU MAR 28 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 ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY AT 445 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 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 BLANKESTS...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, Mar 28, 12:11 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
MSZ002-003-008-281900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1210 PM CST THU MAR 28 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE DELTA... AT 1205 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE DELTA. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF VICKSBURG TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF YAZOO CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIXEF BUT HEAVY RAINFALL ...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN SHARKEY AND NORTHERN YAZOO COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 3:58 PM CST, 49 minutes before
MSZALL-282230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 350 PM CST THU MAR 28 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 80 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 900 PM CST. AT 340 PM CST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN HINDS COUNTY SOUTH OF RAYMOND AND IN CLAIBORNE COUNTY SOUTH OF PORT GIBSON. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AND HOUR...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS EVENING FOR THREATENING WEATHER...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR !POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 4:40 PM CST, 7 minutes before
MSZALL-282330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 430 PM CST THU MAR 28 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 80 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 900 PM CST. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALONG AND NORTH OF A GREENVILLE TO COLUMBUS LINE. AT 430 PM CST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE OVJER WESTERN HINDS...JEFFERSON...SCOTT...AND JASPER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AND HOUR...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 3:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 3:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 4:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 44 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.