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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Jackson, MS

June 14, 1992Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Washington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT for Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1992, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Issaquena County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Washington County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1843 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1843 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 150331
SVRJAN
MSC151-055-125-150430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1030 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...ISSAQUENA COUNTY...SHARKEY COUNTY
 
AT 1030PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED FROM JUST WEST
OF GREENVILLE TO LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
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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 14, 8:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-150245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
830 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1992

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 358 IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
NORTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 2 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING.

AT 826 PM...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA FROM BUDE TO EAST OF
BOGALUSA LOUISIANA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THERE WAS NO PRECIPITATION OCCURRING ACROSS THE COUNTIES WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA...HOWEVER AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM CENTRAL ARKANSAS...TO 15 MILES WEST OF THE EL DORADO AREA...
SOUTHWESTWARD TO EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.
                                                                             .
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE APPROACHING THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE
THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND MAY AFFECT SOME WESTERN COUNTIES
IN MISSISSIPPI LATE TONIGHT OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 9:51 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-150330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
 945 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 2 AM...

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO
45 MPH THROUGH SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA FROM JUST
EAST OF PINE BLUFF AND STRONG ARKANSAS TO MINDEN LOUISIANA.  LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ENTER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN
1030 AND 11 PM.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD DEVELOPED
OVER SOUTHCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA GENERALLY BETWEEN
MCCOMB AND PICAYUNE.  LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS DETECTED AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL COULD OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys42 min
Jun 15, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.