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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Jackson, MS

March 10, 1992Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 10, 1992, 12:42 AM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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
Mar 10, 1992, 12:42 AM CST (06:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 1992, 1:30 AM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lauderdale County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 10, 12:57 AM CSTTornado F3Lauderdale, 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 1992-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 686 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 00:00Z on 1992-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 9:51 PM CST, 2 hours 51 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, 2 hours 38 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, 2 hours 22 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, 2 hours 14 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 11:15 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-100615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1114 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

...THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH INCLUDES MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST...

AT 1110 PM CST RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOME
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTICELLO TO
PHILADELPHIA MISSISSIPPI TO HAMILTON ALABAMA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 11:21 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
MSZ002-003-100630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1120 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

...TORNADO WATCH 67 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR A FEW COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST
   AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

TORNADO WATCH 67 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
         TALLAHATCHIE     SUNFLOWER    LEFLORE     HUMPHREYS
         ISSAQUENA        SHARKEY      WARREN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 6:02 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar28 min
Mar 9, 6:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSunflower20 min
Mar 9, 6:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar36 min
Mar 9, 6:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANTallahatchie19 min
Mar 9, 8:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington43 min
Mar 9, 9:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower25 min
Mar 9, 9:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Washington42 min
Mar 9, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore37 min
Mar 9, 10:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Yalobusha25 min
Mar 9, 10:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo52 min
Mar 9, 10:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore46 min
Mar 9, 10:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah49 min
Mar 9, 10:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln49 min
Mar 9, 10:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes39 min
Mar 9, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson45 min
Mar 9, 11:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith37 min
Mar 9, 11:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston65 min
Mar 10, 12:10 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper35 min
Mar 10, 12:23 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNewton52 min
Mar 10, 12:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale50 min
Mar 10, 1:28 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale47 min
Mar 10, 1:32 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke43 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.