Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 34, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1992, 10:01 AM CDT for Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 20, 1992, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1992, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sumter County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 10:05 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Sumter, AL |
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
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 201501 TORMEI ALC119-201545- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1001 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...SUMTER COUNTY AT 1000 AM CDT MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIVINGSTON ALABAMA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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, 8:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 1 hour 18 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 9:55 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
MSC035-201600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 953 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 2 PM... AT 950 AM CDT A SHORT LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER EASTERN FORREST COUNTY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMAS THEY MOVED THROUGH WESTERN FORREST COUNTY. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF FORREST COUNTY BY 1030 AM.
Local storm report, Apr 20, 9:56 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
950 CDT MON APR 20 1992
840 PM CDT...JASPER COUNTY C.D. REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN
BETWEEN STRINGER AND BAY SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI.
915 AM CDT...NEWTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TREES
DOWN ABOUT SEVEN MILES EAST OF NEWTON MISSISSIPPI.
925 AM CDT...LAURDERDALE COUNTY C.D. REPORTED TREES DOWN
JUST NNW OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.Special weather statement, Apr 20, 9:57 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
MSC035-201600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 953 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 2 PM... AT 950 AM CDT A SHORT LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER EASTERN FORREST COUNTY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMAS THEY MOVED THROUGH WESTERN FORREST COUNTY. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF FORREST COUNTY BY 1030 AM.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 9:59 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
MSC035-201600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 953 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 2 PM... AT 950 AM CDT A SHORT LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER EASTERN FORREST COUNTY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORM AS THEY MOVED THROUGH WESTERN FORREST COUNTY. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF FORREST COUNTY BY 1030 AM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 9:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 46 min |
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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.