Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 10, 1992, 8:46 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 10, 1992, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 10, 1992, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lauderdale County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 110147 SVRMEI MSC075-110245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 846 PM CDT SAT OCT 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY AT 845 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LBOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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
Local storm report, Oct 10, 5:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 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, 3 hours 16 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, 2 hours 46 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, 2 hours 24 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.Local storm report, Oct 10, 7:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
739 PM CDT SAT OCT 10 1992
TIME(CDT) LOCATION REMARKS
605 PM 25 NW JAN DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
HINDS COUNTY EOC IN NORTHWEST HINDS
COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 22.
656 PM 15 W JAN QUARTER SIZE HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 80 IN
CLINTON. RREPORT BY HINDS COUNTY SHERIFF
OFFICE.
715 PM 12 W JAN LARGE HAIL BROKE WINDOWS IN POLICE CAR
AT METRO CENTER MALL IN WEST JACKSON.Special weather statement, Oct 10, 8:08 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
MSZALL-110200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
800 PM CDT SAT OCT 10 1992
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 875 HAS BEEN EXTENDED LOCALLY
UNTIL 9PM FOR THE WATCH AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VICKSBURG TO
JACKSON TO PHILADELPHIA...
WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI EARLY TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE STATE. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED DAMAGING HAIL AS THEY CROSSED INTO THE STATE. THE
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ROUGHLY JUST SOUTH OF JACKSON TO FOREST
TO PHILADELPHIA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE WATCH REMAINS FROM ABOUT NATCHEZ TO QUITMAN.
THE RADAR IN JACKSON HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE SINCE SHORTLY BEFORE 6PM
BUT IS BEING REPAIRED.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 64 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.