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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Jackson, MS

April 20, 1992Jasper County, Newton County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1992, 8:58 AM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 1992, 8:58 AM CDT (13:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 1992, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, MS, Newton County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 1992-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1066 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1992-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1066 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 201359
TORMEI
MSC061-101-201430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
858 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...JASPER COUNTY...NEWTON COUNTY
 
AT 855 AM CDT MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NEWTON AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAY SPRINGS
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 INTERI;OR 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

Special weather statement, Apr 20, 3:39 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-200930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
335 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992

 ... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND
     WESTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MONDAY MORNING ...

 ... THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING OVER THE DELTA...AND INCREASING OVER
     NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

AT 325 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
OVER SOUTHERN LEFLORE AND EXTREME WESTERN HOLMES COUNTIES MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  BRIEF GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHTLY OVER THE PAST HOUR.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDESTORMS WAS INCREASING OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA IN THE WINNSBORO AREA AND JUST EAST OF ALEXANDRIA.  THESE
STORMS ARE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BEFORE DAYBR
EAK.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 4:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
MSZALL-201010-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
410 AM CST MON APR 20 1992

... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
    UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING ...

AT 405 AM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA BETWEEN LAKE PROVIDENCE AND TALLULAH.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE
INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT HOUR.  BRIEF GUSTY WINDS
AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.  OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN
NATCHEZ AND WOODVILLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS PREVIOUSLY OVER THE DELTA HAVE CONTINXUED TO WEAKEN
AND HAVE MOVED INTO WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 4:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-201030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
435 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992

 ... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND
     WESTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MONDAY MORNING ...

AT 430 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO WEST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.  THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN WARREN
AND SOUTHERN ISSAQUENA COUNTIES.  OTHER THUNDESTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL WERE INDICATED FROM ROLLING FORK TO ST. JOSEPH LOUISIANA.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL
MOVE THROUGH WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT
HOUR.  RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 7:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
MSZALL-201400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
755 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992

...TORNADO WATCH 157 FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI TILL 1 PM...

AT 755 AM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS
SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FROM ABOUT DLO TO PRENTISS TO WEST OF
COLUMBIA.

THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY BE MOVING FROM
SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI INTO SOUTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 8:00 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
MSZ009-012-201400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
759 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 157 WHICH INCLUDES CLARKE...JASPER...NEWTON...
AND JONES COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 PM CDT...

AT 750 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST
OF A LINE FROM COLUMBIA TO NEWTON TO AMORY MISSISSIPPI.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BETWEEN D'LO AND TYLERTOWN MISSISSIPPI.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO JASPER AND JONES COUNTIES
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.  PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 8:43 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
MSZALL-201445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
841 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992

...TORNADO WATCH 158 FOR EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TILL 2
PM...

AT 843 AM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWARD
FROM WALNUT GROVE OVER LEAKE COUNTY TO COLLINS IN COVINGTON
COUNTY...AND THEN SOUTHWESTWARD TO COLUMBIA IN MARION COUNTY.  THESE
STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING.

THE COLD FRONT WAS STILL WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND A NEW
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN LOUISIANA.  THESE
STORMS COULD MOVE INTO WESTERN MISSISSIPPI WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 4
HOURS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Hinds29 min
Apr 19, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds25 min
Apr 20, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite65 min
Apr 20, 5:17 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLincoln43 min
Apr 20, 5:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANPike42 min
Apr 20, 6:03 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln42 min
Apr 20, 6:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds68 min
Apr 20, 6:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Simpson58 min
Apr 20, 6:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin66 min
Apr 20, 7:03 AM CDTTornado WarningJANSimpson57 min
Apr 20, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis61 min
Apr 20, 7:53 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMarion37 min
Apr 20, 8:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Smith44 min
Apr 20, 8:07 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis38 min
Apr 20, 8:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton61 min
Apr 20, 9:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar40 min
Apr 20, 9:05 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale55 min
Apr 20, 9:42 AM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper48 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992

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.