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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Jackson, MS

August 26, 1992Lincoln County, Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1992, 7:18 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 26, 1992, 7:18 AM CDT (12:18 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 1992, 7:45 AM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, MS, Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 710 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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, Aug 26, 2:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 26, 3:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-260830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
330 AM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

...TORNADO WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR EXTREME SOUTH
     MISSISSIPPI...

AT 330 AM CDT...AREAS OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS CONTINUED
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTENDED INTO SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS INDICATED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI/
LOUISIANA BORDER...SOUTH OF WOODVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT
15 MILES AN HOUR.

BANDS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE PRE-DAWN HOURS.  FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS
POSSOBLE IN SONME AREAS BEFORE SUNRISE...THUS MOTORISTS NEED TO DRIVE
WITH EXTRA CAUTION. A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT.

RESIDENTS IN EXTREME SOUTH MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE AWARE THAT TORNADOES
COULD OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF THE WEATHER TURNS
THREATENING IN YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND STAYED TUNDED
FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-260830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
430 AM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
     MISSISSIPPI...

AT 430 AM CDT...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED
HEAVIER SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTENDING INTO
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN AND SHOWERS WAS NORTHWEST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THE RAIN..SHOWERS AND PROBABLE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT
MUCH OF THE DAY AS HURRICANE ANDREW CONTINUES HIS SLOW NORTHWEST
TRACK. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING
IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

PERSONS IN EXTREME SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD ALSO REMEMBER THAT
TORNADOES COULD OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING...THUS IF THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA SHOULD BECOME THREATENING...SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY. PROCEED TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN YOUR
HOME. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1205 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

...TORNADO WARNINGS EXPIRED FOR COPIAH...CLAIBORNE AND WARREN
COUNTIES...
...TORNADO WATCH NO. 771 IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI TIL 500 PM...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MISSISSIPPI TODAY
AND TONIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MISSISSIPPI
THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...

HURRICANE ANDREW WAS WEAKENING RAPIDLY AS IT MOVED NORTHWARD THROUGH
SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. AT 10 AM CDT...THE CENTER WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25
MILES WEST OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
75 MPH...WHICH IS ON THE LOWER BOUNDARY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS.

RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
MISSISSIPPI WITH A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR
VICKSBURG TO NEAR LAUREL.

IF THE REMNANTS OF ANDREW CONTINUE ON THEIR CURRENT PATH...THE CENTER OF
THE STORM WILL TRAVEL NEAR THE PATH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...TO MOVE
NEAR NATCHEZ AROUND 7PM. MAXIMUM WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND
SHOULD DROP TO 5O TO 60 MPH BY THIS EVENING.

THE REMNANTS OF ANDREW WILL POSE A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR MUCH OF
THE STATE TODAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-260830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
535 AM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
     MISSISSIPPI...

AT 535 AM CDT...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED
HEAVIER SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTENDING INTO
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN AND SHOWERS WAS NORTHWEST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

RAIN..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT MUCH
OF THE DAY AS HURRICANE ANDREW CONTINUES HIS SLOW NORTHWEST PATH.
RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING
IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION. A FLOOD WATCH
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN QUARTER OF MISSISSIPPI.
RESIDENTS IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT TORNADOES
CAN OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING...SO IF WEATHER CONDITIONS IN
YOUR AREA BECOME THREATENING...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.  IF OUTSIDE
MOVE TO A STURDY STRUCTURE...IF INSIDE GO TO  AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER
FURTHER UPDATES.

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 6:43 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-260830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
635 AM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS
    OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...
...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN QUARTER OF
    MISSISSIPPI...

AT 635 AM CDT...AREAS OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS CONTINUED
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE RAIN AREA EXTENDED INTO
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN AND SHOWERS WAS NORTHWEST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

AS HURRICANE ANDREW SLOWLY MOVES ALONG HIS NORTHWEST PATH...RAIN
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASE THROUGHOUT
THE DAY.  EXPECTED CONTINUAL RAINFALL WHICH MAYBE HEAVY AT TIMES
COULD LEAD TO THE FLOODING OF SOME LOW LYING AREAS. RESIDENTS AND
MOTORISTS ARE ASKED TO PROCEED WITH CAUTION. PERSONS SHOULD ALSO
KEEP IN MIND THAT TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING
...SO KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 8:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	57 min
Aug 26, 8:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah	32 min
Aug 26, 9:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lawrence	37 min
Aug 26, 9:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Wilkinson	45 min
Aug 26, 10:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah	35 min
Aug 26, 11:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	39 min
Aug 26, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	40 min
Aug 26, 5:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper	52 min
Aug 26, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah	36 min
Aug 26, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Yazoo	54 min
Aug 26, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	67 min
Aug 26, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes	50 min
Aug 26, 5:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Bolivar	25 min
Aug 26, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	40 min
Aug 26, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper	24 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.