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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Jackson, MS

October 10, 1992Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 10, 1992, 6:13 PM CDT for Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 10, 1992, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Oct 10, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hinds County, MS, Rankin County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 10, 6:56 PM CDT	Hail 1	Hinds, MS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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, Oct 10, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 10, 4:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 10, 4:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 10, 5:18 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
515 PM CDT SAT OCT 10 1992

TIME(CDT)       LOCATION            REMARKS

455 PM          60 NW JAN           NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDOW BROKEN
                                    AT STORE IN FITLER /ISSAQUENA COUNTY/
                                    REPORT BY LOCAL STORM SPOTTER.

505 PM          60 NW JAN           GOLF-BALL SIZE HAIL AND AT LEAST
                                    ONE TRE(E DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD WEST OF
                                    ONWARD /SHARKEY COUNTY/.  REPORT
                                    FROM LOCAL STORM SPOTTER.

Special weather statement, Oct 10, 5:30 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

MSZ009-110030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
528 PM CDT SAT OCT 10 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 875 FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WINSTON COUTNY EXPIRED AT 515
PM CDT...

AT 525 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WIDELY SCATTERED
FROM TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA SOUTHWEST TO VICKSBURG MISSISSIPPI.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR KOSCIUSKO...15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DEKALB MISSISSIPP@I AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALICEVILLE
ALABAMA.

PERSON IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPI AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

Local storm report, Oct 10, 6:00 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
558 CDT SAT OCT 10 1992

430 PM CDT...WINSTON CD REPORTED LARGE HAIL...NO SIZE...COVERED
             GROUND IN ATTALA COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.
450 PM CDT...PEA SIZE HAIL 18 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE MS..WINSTON
             CD REPORTED.
525 PM CDT...NICKLE SIZE HAIL COVERED GRND 20 SE LOUISIVILLE MS
             WINSTON COUNTY...REPORTED BY CD
552 PM CDT..DIME SIZE HAIL SW CORNER OF WINSTON COUNTY...WIND 30
            TO 40 MPH.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 10, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	59 min
Oct 10, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala	28 min
Oct 10, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	48 min
Oct 10, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sharkey	34 min
Oct 10, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Warren	52 min
Oct 10, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	50 min
Oct 10, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala	45 min
Oct 10, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Winston	67 min
Oct 10, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	67 min
Oct 10, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	63 min
Oct 10, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.