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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Jackson, MS

March 9, 1992Washington County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 1992, 8:32 PM CST for Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 1992, 8:32 PM CST (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 1992, 9:15 PM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 1992-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 686 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 00:00Z on 1992-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
686 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
9.4

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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, Mar 9, 4:37 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
MSZALL-092330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO HEADLINE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
429 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

...TORNADO WATCH #64 IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
UNTIL 900 PM...
 ...TORNADO WATCH #65 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 900 PM...
 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HUMPHREYS COUNTY TIL 500 PM.
...TORNADO WARNINGS FOR EASTERN GRENADA...CALHOUN...NORTHERN ISSAQUENA
AND SHARKEY COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED...

AT 430 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS
MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN SHARKEY COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS RE-INTENSIFIED
AND WILL MOVE INTO HUMPHREYS AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI...NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

NO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME FOR THE WARNED
COUNTIES...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
TORNADOES WILL EXIST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS IN THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 5:25 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-100030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
524 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

TORNADO WATCHES WHICH INCLUDE MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA
REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST

AT 515 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
...SOME CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING
FROM GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI EAST TO COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI THEN SOUTHEAST
TO EUTAW ALABAMA.
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ALSO SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
BETWEEN WAYNESBORO AND LUCEDALE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 7:52 PM CST, 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 8:01 PM CST, 31 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-100300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO CST IN HEADLINE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
755 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA UNTIL 100
AM CST.

AT 750 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION.
OTHER WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AROUND THE REGION WERE INDICATING STRONG
TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST
LOUISANA AND SOUTH_EASTERN ARKANSAS.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 8:31 PM CST, 1 minute before
MSZALL-100330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
827 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

...TORNADO WATCH 67 FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
TILL 1 AM...

AT 820 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA.  THE MOST
INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA NEAR MONROE.
THIS STORM IS IN A PRIME POSITION TO INCREASE IN SEVERITY AND WILL
REQUIRE A WARNING IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER AS IT APPROACHES THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  THE PROJECTED PATH OF THIS STORM WOULD PUT IT
INTO ISSAQUENA COUNTY A LITTLE AFTER 9 PM.

A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 6:02 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar28 min
Mar 9, 6:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSunflower20 min
Mar 9, 6:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar36 min
Mar 9, 6:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANTallahatchie19 min
Mar 9, 9:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower25 min
Mar 9, 9:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Washington42 min
Mar 9, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore37 min
Mar 9, 10:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Yalobusha25 min
Mar 9, 10:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo52 min
Mar 9, 10:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore46 min
Mar 9, 10:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah49 min
Mar 9, 10:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln49 min
Mar 9, 10:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes39 min
Mar 9, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson45 min
Mar 9, 11:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith37 min
Mar 9, 11:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston65 min
Mar 10, 12:10 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper35 min
Mar 10, 12:23 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNewton52 min
Mar 10, 12:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale50 min
Mar 10, 12:42 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale48 min
Mar 10, 1:28 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale47 min
Mar 10, 1:32 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke43 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.