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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

March 9, 1992Holmes County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 1992, 10:51 PM CST for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 1992, 10:51 PM CST (04:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 1992, 11:30 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Holmes County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 1992-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 686 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1992-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 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
686 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
9.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 100459 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC051-100530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1051 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN HOLMES COUNTY
 
AT 1051 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS BEING DETECTED BY RADAR
NORTHWEST OF PICKENS. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE NORTHEASTWARD BETWEEN
DURANT AND PICKENS BY 1110 PM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN
CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 6:02 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar28 min
Mar 9, 6:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSunflower20 min
Mar 9, 6:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar36 min
Mar 9, 6:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANTallahatchie19 min
Mar 9, 8:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington43 min
Mar 9, 9:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower25 min
Mar 9, 9:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Washington42 min
Mar 9, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore37 min
Mar 9, 10:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Yalobusha25 min
Mar 9, 10:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo52 min
Mar 9, 10:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore46 min
Mar 9, 10:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah49 min
Mar 9, 10:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln49 min
Mar 9, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson45 min
Mar 9, 11:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith37 min
Mar 9, 11:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston65 min
Mar 10, 12:10 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper35 min
Mar 10, 12:23 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNewton52 min
Mar 10, 12:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale50 min
Mar 10, 12:42 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale48 min
Mar 10, 1:28 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale47 min
Mar 10, 1:32 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke43 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.