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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Jackson, MS

March 22, 1992Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 1992, 4:51 PM CST for Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports 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 22, 1992, 4:51 PM CST (22:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 1992, 5:30 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Yazoo County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 22, 5:14 PM CSTTornado F0Yazoo, MS
Mar 22, 5:15 PM CSTTornado F0Yazoo, 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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 1992-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 222253
TORJAN
MSC163-222330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
451 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...YAZOO COUNTY
 
AT 450 PM RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A
POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR HOLLY BLUFF MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN
HOUR. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE TOWNS OF ENOLA AND VALLEY.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE.
USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD.
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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 22, 1:11 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
MSZ001-002-222015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
109 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 105 PM...JACKSON RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.  LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE
STORMS OVER EASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY AROUND 1 PM. THESE STORMS SHOULD
MOVE INTO BOLIVAR AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES BY 2 PM.  RESIDENTS
OF THE AREA ARE ADVISED TO LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 1:32 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
MSZ001-002-222015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
109 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 105 PM...JACKSON RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.  LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE
STORMS OVER EASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY AROUND 1 PM. THESE STORMS SHOULD
MOVE INTO BOLIVAR AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES BY 2 PM.  RESIDENTS
OF THE AREA ARE ADVISED TO LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 1:38 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-222030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
 135 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992

 ...THUNDERSTORMS GAINING STRENGTH OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...

 AT 130 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL WERE
ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF ROSEDALE.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 40 MPH.  THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO BOLIVAR COUNTY WITHIN
THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER.

OTHERWISE WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OVER MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 3:31 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
MSZ009-222230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
331 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 93 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM
FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

AT 325 PM CST RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN INDIANOLA AND LEXINGTON EAST ACROSS
GRENADA AND WINONA TO HOUSTON MISSISSIPPI.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WINONA.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 1:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar61 min
Mar 22, 2:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower49 min
Mar 22, 2:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore57 min
Mar 22, 2:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll63 min
Mar 22, 3:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery53 min
Mar 22, 3:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw47 min
Mar 22, 4:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey43 min
Mar 22, 4:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee53 min
Mar 22, 5:19 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison41 min
Mar 22, 5:39 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWarren51 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.