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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

March 9, 1992Issaquena County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 1992, 3:33 PM CST for Issaquena County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 1992, 3:33 PM CST (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 1992, 4:00 PM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Issaquena County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 251 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1992-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 242 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1992-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 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
242 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 092138
TORJAN
MSC055-092200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
333 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY
 
AT 330 PM...NWS RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED A TORNADO LOCATED JUST WEST
OF LAKE PROVIDENCE IN EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE TORNADO AND
ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ISSAQUENA COUNTY.
PERSONS IN MAYERSVILLE AND TALLULA SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING
WEATHER.
 
THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  MOVE QUICKLY TO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
AVOID WINDOWS.  LEAVE CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 3:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCalhoun, Grenada49 min
Mar 9, 3:51 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSharkey39 min
Mar 9, 4:17 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys43 min
Mar 9, 4:50 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes25 min
Mar 9, 5:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar33 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.