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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

February 15, 1992Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 1992, 4:20 AM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 1992, 4:20 AM CST (10:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 1992, 5:00 AM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 1992-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 151020
SVRMEI
MSC153-151100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
420 AM CST SAT FEB 15 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 419 AM CST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST
OF WAYNESBORO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITImONS.

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, Feb 15, 1:17 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
MSZ011-012-014-150815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
118 AM CST SAT FEB 15 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 15 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 110 AM CST RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF
THE MISSISSIPPI BORDER NEAR VERNANDA LOUISIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO
SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTIES BY 130 AM.

THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCE A POSSIBLE TORNADO AND WIND DAMAGE IN
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. AT THE PRESENT TIME THE STORM APPEARS TO HAVE
WEAKENED...BUT WILL BE WATCHED FOR FURTHER INTENSIFICATION.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SOUTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY 10 MILES
SOUTH OF COLLINS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD
MOVE INTO SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY BY 130 AM.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 1:25 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1225 AM CST FRI FEB 14 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 15 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 6 AM CST....

AT 1225 AM...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...WERE INDICATED IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN GREENWOOD...
CARTHAGE...AND VICKSBURG...AND ALSO IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

THE STONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN HOLLY BLUFF AND
YAZOO CITY...NEAR CARTHAGE...AND ALSO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST
OF PICKENS.
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS
LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAMMOND.

ELSEWHERE...A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF
MISSISSIPPI...AND EXTENDED INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 1:46 AM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-150830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
125 AM CST SAT FEB 15 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 15 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 125 AM...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...WERE INDICATED IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN PICKENS AND
CANTON...AND IN EXTREME SOUTH MISSISSIPPI FROM CENTREVILLE TO WEST
OF LUMBERTON.  OTHERWISE...MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN MISSISSIPPI WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH
OF HATTIESBURG...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIBERTY...AND 15 MILES WEST
OF LUMBERTON.  IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KENTWOOD.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 1:56 AM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
MSZ012-ALZ013-151000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
155 AM CST SAT FEB 15 1992

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 16 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST AND IN WEST
CENTRAL ALABAMA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...CHOCTAW

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 15 CONTINUES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL
600 AM CST.

AT 150 AM CST VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE INDICATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLLINS
MISSISSIPPI AND NEAR SUMRALL MISSISSIPPI.

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED NEAR PHILADELPHIA AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DE KALB MISSISSIPPI.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
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Special weather statement, Feb 15, 2:51 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-150930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
225 AM CST SAT FEB 15 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 15 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 225 AM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE
WIDELY SCATTERED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA...WHILE MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN COVERED MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA...
10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCCOMB...AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROLLING FORK.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE WIDELY SCATTERED
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN PRENTISS...LAUREL...AND CAMP SHELBY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 3:46 AM CST, 34 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-151030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
325 AM CST SAT FEB 15 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 15 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 325 AM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE
WIDELY SCATTERED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA...WHILE MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN COVERED MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HATTIESBURG...AND ALSO JUST EAST AND SOUTH OF
COLUMBIA.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE WIDELY SCATTERED
IN CENTRIAL MISSISSIPPI MOSTLY BETWEEN ROLLING FORK AND LEXINGTON.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 1:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.