Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1991, 1:24 PM CDT for Leflore County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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
- Apr 19, 1991, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1991, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Leflore County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 1:24 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Leflore, 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 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 KJAN 191824 TORJAN MSC083-191900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 124 PM CDT FRI APR 19 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY AT 115 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND BETWEEN RULEVILLE AND DODDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN0 HOUR. 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, Apr 19, 9:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-191500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 904 AM CDT FRI APR 19 1991 AT 855 AM CDT MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH SCATTERED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING A LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND MOST OF EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED WITHIN A 100 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM NEAR BATESVILLE IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SOUTHEAST THROUGH MERIDIAN TO NEAR GILBERTOWN IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 12:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
MSZALL-191330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1220 PM CST FRI APR 19 1991 A COLD FRONT HAS ENTERED NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY ALONG THE COLD FRONT. AT 1215 THE STRONGER STORMS WERE FROM OXFORD TO CLEVELAND MISSISSIPPI AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALL ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT AS THE FRONT TRACKS TO THE SOUTHEAST. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HAIL...AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN YAZOO AND MADISON COUNTIES DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE HEAVIER RAINS. PERSONS IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE PROPER ACTION WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 12:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
MSZALL-191330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1220 PM CST FRI APR 19 1991 A COLD FRONT HAS ENTERED NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY ALONG THE COLD FRONT. AT 1215 THE STRONGER STORMS WERE FROM OXFORD TO CLEVELAND MISSISSIPPI AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALL ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT AS THE FRONT TRACKS TO THE SOUTHEAST. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HAIL...AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wilkinson | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 6:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 7:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 69 min |
| Apr 19, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion, Walthall | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 62 min |
| Apr 19, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 68 min |
| Apr 19, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Pike, Walthall | 49 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.