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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Jackson, MS

October 10, 1992Kemper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 10, 1992, 7:11 PM CDT for Kemper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 10, 1992, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Kemper County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 1992-10-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1241 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 1992-10-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1241 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 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, Oct 10, 4:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Oct 10, 5:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 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, 1 hour 41 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, 1 hour 11 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.
Local storm report, Oct 10, 6:22 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
615 PM CDT SAT OCT 10 1992

608 PM CDT...NICKEL-SIZED HAIL REPORTED NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA BY
             NESHOBA COUNTY SO.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale59 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.