Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1992, 9:59 PM CDT for Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 1992, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1992, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Winston County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 10:12 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Winston, MS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 2121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 250300 SVRMEI MSC159-250400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 959 PM CDT FRI APR 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...WINSTON COUNTY AT 957 PM CDT MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE MISSISSIPPI MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSI*DE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, Apr 24, 4:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
MSZ006-007-005-242145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 403 PM CDT FRI APR 24 1992 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... AT 400 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED THAT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAS INTENSIFIED RAPIDLY JUST WEST OF EUPORA IN SOUTHWEST WEBSTER COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME HAIL AS IT MOVES TO 0THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS TRACK WILL TAKE THE STORM BETWEEN EUPORA AND ACKERMAN BEFORE 420 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THE WEATHER TURNS THREATENING OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-242230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 435 PM CDT FRI APR 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... AT 435 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED ISOLATED BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...5 TO 10 MILES NORTH OF ACKERMAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD PASS BETWEEN STARKVILLE AND LOUISVILLE BEFORE 515 PM CDT. OTHER STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP BETWEEN FLORA AND YAZOO CITY. SINCE THE AIR OVER OUR REGION IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY. YOU ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR YOUR LOCAL CONDITIONS AND YOUR LOCAL SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION AS A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME BRIEFLY SEVERE.
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 5:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-242330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 535 PM CDT FRI APR 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER NORTH AND WEST MISSISSIPPI... AT 530 PM CDT...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER CLAIBORNE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI. STRONGER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SINCE THE AIRMASS OVER OUR REGION IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY. AREAS MOST FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT 3 TO 4 HOURS APPEAR TO BE THE DELTA AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. YOU ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR YOUR LOCAL CONDITIONS AND YOUR RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 6:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 630 PM CDT FRI APR 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 175 FOR PORTIONS OF WEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 11PM CDT...STORMS APPROACHING THE DELTA... AT 625 PM CDT...A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS WAS APPROACHING THE DELTA OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS APPEARED TO BE EAST OF PINE BLUFF, AR TO NEAR DEWITT. A VERY LARGE STORM WAS NEAR FARMERVILLE, LA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER BAND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM SOUTH OF NATCHEZ TO JUST EAST OF MERIDIAN. THE STRONGER STORM IN THIS AREA WAS APPROACHING MEADVILLE AND LIKELY CONTAINED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. SINCE THE AIRMASS OVER OUR REGION IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM NEAR TUPELO TO CLARKSDALE MOVING SOUTHWARD... MORE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MAGNOLIA STATE DURING THE NEXT 3 TO 6 HOURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Tallahatchie | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Leflore, Tallahatchie | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 28 min |
| Apr 24, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Lauderdale | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 64 min |
| Apr 25, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wayne | 51 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.