Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 1992, 11:00 PM CST for Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 1992, 11:00 PM CST (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 1992, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Simpson County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 686 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 100502 TORJAN MSC127-100545- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1100 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SIMPSON COUNTY AT 1100 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR OVER SOUTHEASTERN COPIAH COUNTY. THIS TORNADO SHOULD MOVE NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN SIMPSON COUNTY AND THEN TOWARDS PINOLA BY 1115 PM AND BETWEEN DLO AND MAGEE BY 1130 PM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE QUICKLY TO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTE*RIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS. LEAVE CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. <
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 9, 8:31 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
MSZALL-100330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 827 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH 67 FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI TILL 1 AM... AT 820 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA NEAR MONROE. THIS STORM IS IN A PRIME POSITION TO INCREASE IN SEVERITY AND WILL REQUIRE A WARNING IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER AS IT APPROACHES THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE PROJECTED PATH OF THIS STORM WOULD PUT IT INTO ISSAQUENA COUNTY A LITTLE AFTER 9 PM. A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 9:17 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-100415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 916 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA UNTIL 1 AM CST. AT 910 PM MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORM...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...OVER THE NORTHWESTERN ONE-THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR VICKSBURG NORTHEAST TO WINONA TO ABEiRDEEN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 9:51 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
MSZALL-101200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 945 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI TUESDAY NIGHT... A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH WAS TRIGGERING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING. AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE STATE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER IN COLDER AIR. LOW TEMPERATURES BY TUESDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY DROP INTO THE 20S ACROSS MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WHILE TEMPERATURES JUST BELOW FREEZING ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... EXCEPT ALONG THE COAST WHERE LOWS SHOULD BE IN THE 30S. OUR RECENT SPELL OF WARM WEATHER HAS BROUGHT MANY TREES AND SHRUBS OUT OF WINTER HIBERNATION. THEREFORE YOU SHOULD START PLANNING NOW TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION...ESPECIALLY FLOWERING SHRUBS AND FRUIT TREES. A FREEZE WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED FOR SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI TUESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL WHERE THE BEST THREAT FOR PROLONG FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. YOU ARE ADVISED TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RELIABLE SOURCES OF WEATHER INFORMATION TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE LATEST DETAILS.
Local storm report, Mar 9, 10:04 PM CST, 56 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1003 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 TIME (CST) PLACE EVENT OF EVENT 915 PM 25 W GWO SUNFLOWER COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:20 PM CST, 40 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-100515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1019 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA UNTIL 1 AM CST. AT 1015 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG WITH HEAVY RAIN...OVER MOST OF THE NORTHWESTERN ONE THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR JACKSON NORTHEAST THROUGH ACKERMAN TO FULTON. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH WHILE THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MEADVILLE AND PORT GIBSON. THESE T}HUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:28 PM CST, 32 minutes before
MSZ001>003-100530-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1025 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992
...TORNADO WATCH 67 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR A FEW COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI...
TOR`NADO WATCH 67 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
COAHOMA QUITMAN PINOLA BOLIVAR
WASHINGTON
THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH...CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1 AM CST.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 28 min |
| Mar 9, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 20 min |
| Mar 9, 6:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tallahatchie | 19 min |
| Mar 9, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 9:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 25 min |
| Mar 9, 9:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 42 min |
| Mar 9, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 10:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Yalobusha | 25 min |
| Mar 9, 10:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 52 min |
| Mar 9, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 10:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 10:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 10:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 39 min |
| Mar 9, 11:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 65 min |
| Mar 10, 12:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 35 min |
| Mar 10, 12:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 52 min |
| Mar 10, 12:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 12:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Mar 10, 1:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Mar 10, 1:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 43 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.