Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 1992, 3:41 AM CST for Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 1992, 3:41 AM CST (09:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 1992, 4:45 AM CST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 KJAN 050943 SVRJAN MSC147-113-051045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 341 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF MAGNOLIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN LOUISIANA DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 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 5, 12:22 AM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
MSZ010-050715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1220 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... AT 1220 PM...JACKSON RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SOUTH OF NATCHEZ. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND WILL PASS OVER PORTIONS OF NATCHEZ BETWEEN 1230 AND 1 AM. RESIDENTS OF NATCHEZ CAN EXPECT BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 2:10 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
MSZALL-050900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 210 AM CST THU MAR 05 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... AT 200 AM...JACKSON RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL STRETCHING FROM JUST WEST OF WESSON TO BROOKHAVEN TO NEAR MCCOMB. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN SIGNS OF DECREASING DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR. OTHER THUNDRSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR PORT GIBSON. THE THUNDyERSTORMS WERE MOVING THE EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. RESIDENTS OF EASTERN LINCOLN AND PIKE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 1:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 57 min |
| Mar 5, 9:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 49 min |
| Mar 5, 10:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 45 min |
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.