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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Jackson, MS

June 3, 1992Neshoba County, Mississippi

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1992-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 805 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1992-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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 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.
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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, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 11:32 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Holmes43 min
Jun 3, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery35 min
Jun 3, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton41 min
Jun 3, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes40 min
Jun 3, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale62 min
Jun 3, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale33 min
Jun 3, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale43 min
Jun 3, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower28 min
Jun 3, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar36 min
Jun 3, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSumter68 min
Jun 3, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw47 min
Jun 3, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSumter58 min

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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.