Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1992, 4:31 PM CDT for Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1992, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1992, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Neshoba County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 34 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 31 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, 2 hours 7 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 53 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, 46 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. < THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:59 PM CDT, 32 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, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 28 min |
| Jun 3, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sumter | 68 min |
| Jun 3, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sumter | 58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.