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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Jackson, MS

June 3, 1992Montgomery County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1992, 12:10 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1992, 12:10 PM CDT (17:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1992, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 805 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
805 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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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

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MSZ003-006-030500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1102 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 1992

AT 1055 AM...A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL WERE NOTED BETWEEN LEXINGTON AAND YAZOO CITY...AND BETWEEN
DURANT AND KOSCIUSKO.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

THESE PARTICULAR STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEVY
RAINFALL.

IF YOU LIVE IN HOLMES...SOUTHERN CARROLL...MONTOGOMERY...ATTALA OR
CHOCTAW COUNTIES.....THEN YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE STORMS AND SEEK
SHLETER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR
FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
MSZ003-006-031700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1102 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 1992

AT 1055 AM...A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL WERE NOTED BETWEEN LEXINGTON AAND YAZOO CITY...AND BETWEEN
DURANT AND KOSCIUSKO.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

THESE PARTICULAR STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEVY
RAINFALL.

IF YOU LIVE IN HOLMES...SOUTHERN CARROLL...MONTOGOMERY...ATTALA OR
CHOCTAW COUNTIES.....THEN YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE STORMS AND SEEK
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA.
.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR
FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:13 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
MSZ003-006-031700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1102 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 1992

AT 1055 AM...A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL WERE NOTED BETWEEN LEXINGTON AAND YAZOO CITY...AND BETWEEN
DURANT AND KOSCIUSKO.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

THESE PARTICULAR STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEVY
RAINFALL.

IF YOU LIVE IN HOLMES...SOUTHERN CARROLL...MONTOGOMERY...ATTALA OR
CHOCTAW COUNTIES.....THEN YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE STORMS AND SEEK
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHEAR APPROACHES YOUR AREA.
.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR
FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 11:32 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Holmes43 min
Jun 3, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton41 min
Jun 3, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes40 min
Jun 3, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale62 min
Jun 3, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale33 min
Jun 3, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale43 min
Jun 3, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower28 min
Jun 3, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba29 min
Jun 3, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar36 min
Jun 3, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSumter68 min
Jun 3, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw47 min
Jun 3, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSumter58 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.