Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 1992, 6:47 PM CST for Copiah County, Jefferson County, Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 1992, 6:47 PM CST (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 1992, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Copiah County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lincoln County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 230048 SVRJAN MSC029-063-085-230130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 647 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SOUTHERN COPIAH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...LINCOLN COUNTY AT 645 PM CST WEATHER RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED A SVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF FAYETTE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEVERE THU NDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. <
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, Mar 22, 1:32 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
MSZ001-002-222015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 109 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... AT 105 PM...JACKSON RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS OVER EASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY AROUND 1 PM. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO BOLIVAR AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES BY 2 PM. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA ARE ADVISED TO LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 1:38 PM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-222030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 135 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS GAINING STRENGTH OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... AT 130 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL WERE ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF ROSEDALE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO BOLIVAR COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER. OTHERWISE WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 3:31 PM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
MSZ009-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 331 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 93 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... AT 325 PM CST RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN INDIANOLA AND LEXINGTON EAST ACROSS GRENADA AND WINONA TO HOUSTON MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WINONA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 5:10 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-240000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 505 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992 ...NORTHWEST HALF OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 93 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS CANCELLED PART OF WATCH NUMBER 93 OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS AREA IS NORTHWEST OF A ABERDEEN...WINONA...BELZONI AND ROLLING FORK LINE. THE REST OF THE WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE.
Local storm report, Mar 22, 5:48 PM CST, 59 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 545 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992 TIME (CST) 210 PM BOLIVAR CD REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL W OF SKENE ON HWY 46. 230 PM CITIZEN REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL BETWEEN CHOCTAW AND CLEVELAND. 514 PM YAZOO SO AND PD REPORTED TORNADO DAMAGE. TREES DOWN AND OVERTURN MOBILE HOME. 300 PM CITIZEN REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND IN 5 MINUTES IN NEAR CARROLTON. 235 PM BOLIVAR EOC REPORTED TORNADO AND HAIL DAMAGE TO ROOFS... AND BROKEN WINDOWS.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 6:08 PM CST, 39 minutes before
MSZ009-012-230115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 608 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 93 WHICH INCLUDES WINSTON AND NOXUBEE COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM CST... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 94 FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST... AT 605 PM CST...MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW VERY HEAVY...CONTINUED FROM NEAR JACKSON EAST TO TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILADELPHIA MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH WITH THE LINE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE T"O THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENT AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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.