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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Jackson, MS

March 30, 1992Franklin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1992, 2:48 AM CST for Franklin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min.

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The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 1992, 2:48 AM CST (08:48 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 1992, 3:15 AM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 267 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1992-03-30Temperature 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1992-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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

Local storm report, Mar 29, 11:57 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 30, 2:14 AM CST, 34 minutes before
MSZALL-300915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED WEATHER WATCH NUMBER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
206 AM CST MON MAR 30 1992

... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 106 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CST
FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI ...

... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH WESTERN AND NORTHERN
    SECTIONS OF THE STATE ...

AT 155 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF THEM
STRONG...EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF HOLLANDALE TO JUST NORTH OF
WOODVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS LINE WERE LOCATED NEAR
NATCHEZ...OVER SOUTHERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY AND JUST NORTH OF ROLLING
FORK. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING THROUGH HOLMES
COUNTY...ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON AND JUST WEST OF DURANT.

ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. IF THESE
STORMS CONTINUE THEIR PRESENT MOVEMENT...FOLKS IN HUMPHREYS...YAZOO...
WARREN...AND HINDS COUNTIES WILL LIKELY GET ANOTHER ROUND OF BAD
WEATHER BY 3 AM. THE STORMS IN THE NATCHEZ AREA WILL LIKELY AFFECT
PERSONS IN FRANKLIN AND JEFFERSON COUNTY BY 3 AM. THE STORMS IN
HOLMES COUNTY CAN BE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CARROLL AND ATTALA
COUNTIES BY 230 AM.

MANY "OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT HAVE CONTAINED LARGE HAIL AND IT IS
VERY LIKELY THAT MORE OF THE SAME CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDER-
STORMS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 8:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena36 min
Mar 29, 9:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington38 min
Mar 29, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore30 min
Mar 30, 12:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren, Yazoo66 min
Mar 30, 12:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds45 min
Mar 30, 2:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott31 min
Mar 30, 3:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton43 min
Mar 30, 3:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale62 min
Mar 30, 4:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSumter42 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.