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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Jackson, MS

April 24, 1992Winston County, Mississippi

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 24, 10:12 PM CDTHail 1.25Winston, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1992-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2121 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar49 min
Apr 24, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower, Tallahatchie31 min
Apr 24, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower26 min
Apr 24, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Leflore, Tallahatchie40 min
Apr 24, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll40 min
Apr 24, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes43 min
Apr 24, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala28 min
Apr 24, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba59 min
Apr 24, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake36 min
Apr 24, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningJANNeshoba49 min
Apr 24, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper57 min
Apr 24, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton46 min
Apr 24, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Lauderdale56 min
Apr 25, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke64 min
Apr 25, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWayne51 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.