Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Jackson, MS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 5:14 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Yazoo, MS | |
| Mar 22, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Yazoo, 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.
- 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
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. <
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 1:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 61 min |
| Mar 22, 2:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 49 min |
| Mar 22, 2:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 57 min |
| Mar 22, 2:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 63 min |
| Mar 22, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 53 min |
| Mar 22, 3:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Mar 22, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 43 min |
| Mar 22, 4:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 53 min |
| Mar 22, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 41 min |
| Mar 22, 5:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 51 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.