Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 1992, 5:19 PM CST for Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 1992, 5:19 PM CST (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 1992, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 222322 TORJAN MSC089-230000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 519 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...MADISON COUNTY AT 519 PM CST WEATHER RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN SOUTHERN YAZOO COUNTY. TORNADO DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED IN YAZOO COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WAS HEADING TOWARDS THE CANTON...GLUCKSTADT...MADISON AREA. 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, 4 hours 8 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 47 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 41 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 48 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 5:10 PM CST, 9 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-240000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 505 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992 ...NORTHWEST HALF OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 93 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS CANCELLED PART OF WATCH NUMBER 93 OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS AREA IS NORTHWEST OF A ABERDEEN...WINONA...BELZONI AND ROLLING FORK LINE. THE REST OF THE WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE.
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, 4:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 39 min |
| Mar 22, 4:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.