Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 10, 1992, 1:32 AM CST for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 1992, 1:32 AM CST (07:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1992, 2:15 AM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clarke County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 KMEI 100733 TORMEI MSC023-100815- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 132 AM CST TUE MAR 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY AT 131 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUITMAN MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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
Local storm report, Mar 9, 10:04 PM CST, 3 hours 28 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, 3 hours 12 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, 3 hours 4 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, 2 hours 17 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, 2 hours 11 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.Special weather statement, Mar 10, 12:47 AM CST, 45 minutes before
MSZALL-100730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1245 AM CST TUE MAR 10 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH 69 FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI CONTINUES UNTIL 5AM... ...TORNADO WATCH 67 FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI WILL EXPIRE AT 1AM... THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 WILL EXPIRE AT 1AM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN MCCOMB AND HATTIESBURG AND TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 69 CONTINUES IN THOSE AREAS WHICH INCLUDES LAUREL...HATTIESBURG AND MERIDIAN. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
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, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 45 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 |
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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.