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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Jackson, MS

June 3, 1992Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1992, 4:17 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 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: Jun 3, 1992, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Bolivar County, MS, Sunflower County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 4:20 PM CDT	Hail 1	Bolivar, 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 805 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 032115
SVRJAN
MSC011-133-032145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
417 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...EASTERN BOLIVAR COUNTY...NORTHERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY
 
AT 415 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER-SIZED HAIL WAS
BEING REPORTED BY BOLIVAR C.D. NORTH OF CLEVELAND NEAR MARIGOLD.
THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR INTO NORTHERN
SUNFLOWER COUNTY NEAR DREW.
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN
CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jun 3, 1:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

MSZ002-003-006-008-032000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
155 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992

...TORNADO WATCH 281 FOR MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7PM...

ALTHOUGH ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST MISSISSIPPI...STRONGER STORMS
WERE BEGINNING TO BE DETECTED ACROSS NORTHERN LOUISIANA.
THE STORMS IN LOUISIANA WERE MOVING EAST AND APPEARED TO
BE ACCELERATING. RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI CAN LOOK FOR RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
BETWEEN 3 AND 5PM THIS AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION AND NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION
IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

Local storm report, Jun 3, 2:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
155 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992

133 PM CDT...NESHOBA COUNTY C.D. REPORTES NICKEL SIZE HAIL
             10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILADELPHIA MISSISSIPPI
             IN NESHOBA COUNTY AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN THE
             SOUTHERN TIP OF NESHOBA COUNTY.

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-MSZALL-
ALZ004-008-013-016-032030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
225 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992

...TORNADO WATCH 281 FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7PM...

AT 225 PM WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...CONTINUED DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL AND EAST MISSISSIPPI.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH WITH THE STRONGEST STORM IN HOLMES
COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON.

OTHER STORMS WERE APPROACHING THE MONROE, LOUISIANA AREA RAPIDLY
FROM THE WEST. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL CONTAIN TORRENTIAL RAINS...
GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER...BE READY
FOR QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.

Local storm report, Jun 3, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
235 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992

232 PM CDT...LAUDERDALE COUNTY C.D. REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL
             8 MILES EAST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:45 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-032130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
 345 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992

 ...TORNADO WATCH 284 TILL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTH...ALL OF
CENTRAL...AND MOST OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...
...TORNADO WATCH 285 TILL 10 PM FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
INCLUDING THE COAST.

AT 340 PM CDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED
OVER EASTERN LOUISIANA ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF NATCHEZ.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO SOUTHWEST-
ERN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 400 AND 430 PM.  THESE STORMS MAY INCREASE
IN INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH-CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI NEAR KOSCIUSKO WERE WEAKENING.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING EASTWARD OUT OF EAST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI INTO WESTERN ALABAMA.
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THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:59 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
355 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992

335 PM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL IN CUBA IN
             SOUTHWEST SUMTER COUNTY ALABAMA.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 11:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes	43 min
Jun 3, 12:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	35 min
Jun 3, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton	41 min
Jun 3, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes	40 min
Jun 3, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	62 min
Jun 3, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	33 min
Jun 3, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	43 min
Jun 3, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	29 min
Jun 3, 4:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar	36 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.