Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 35, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 1992, 10:41 PM CDT for Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 1992, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1992, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Neshoba County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 2121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 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 KMEI 250342 TORMEI MSC099-250430- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1041 PM CDT FRI APR 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NESHOBA COUNTY AT 1039 PM CDT NESHOBA CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF PHILDELPHIA MISSISSIPPI MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR NESHOBA COUNTY. 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 24, 4:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-242230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 435 PM CDT FRI APR 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... AT 435 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED ISOLATED BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...5 TO 10 MILES NORTH OF ACKERMAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD PASS BETWEEN STARKVILLE AND LOUISVILLE BEFORE 515 PM CDT. OTHER STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP BETWEEN FLORA AND YAZOO CITY. SINCE THE AIR OVER OUR REGION IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY. YOU ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR YOUR LOCAL CONDITIONS AND YOUR LOCAL SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION AS A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME BRIEFLY SEVERE.
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 5:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-242330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 535 PM CDT FRI APR 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER NORTH AND WEST MISSISSIPPI... AT 530 PM CDT...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER CLAIBORNE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI. STRONGER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SINCE THE AIRMASS OVER OUR REGION IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY. AREAS MOST FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT 3 TO 4 HOURS APPEAR TO BE THE DELTA AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. YOU ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR YOUR LOCAL CONDITIONS AND YOUR RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 6:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 630 PM CDT FRI APR 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 175 FOR PORTIONS OF WEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 11PM CDT...STORMS APPROACHING THE DELTA... AT 625 PM CDT...A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS WAS APPROACHING THE DELTA OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS APPEARED TO BE EAST OF PINE BLUFF, AR TO NEAR DEWITT. A VERY LARGE STORM WAS NEAR FARMERVILLE, LA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER BAND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM SOUTH OF NATCHEZ TO JUST EAST OF MERIDIAN. THE STRONGER STORM IN THIS AREA WAS APPROACHING MEADVILLE AND LIKELY CONTAINED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. SINCE THE AIRMASS OVER OUR REGION IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM NEAR TUPELO TO CLARKSDALE MOVING SOUTHWARD... MORE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MAGNOLIA STATE DURING THE NEXT 3 TO 6 HOURS.
Local storm report, Apr 24, 10:33 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1031 PM CDT FRI APR 25 1992 AT 1025 PM CDT NESHOBA COUNTY C.D. REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 6 MILES WEST OF PHILDELPHIA MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Apr 24, 10:40 PM CDT, 1 minute before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1040 PM CDT FRI APR 24 1992
STORM REPORTS FOR APR 24
TIME(CST) LOCATION(MILES) REMARKS
402 PM STEWART MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG HWY 82
MONTGOMERY CTY REPORTED BY WINONA P.D.
737 PM E OF ROSEDALE QUARTER SIZE HAIL
BOLIVAR CTY REPORTED BY BOLIVAR EOC.
752 PM PARCHMAN LARGER THAN DIME SIZE HAIL
SUNFLOWER CTY REPORTED BY PARCHMAN SUNFLOWER EOC.
805 PM S OF INDIANOLA DOWNED TREES ON ROAD JUST OFF U.S. HWY
49. REPORTED BY SUNFLOWER S.O.
805-810 PM BTWN INVERNESS STORAGE SHED BLOWN DOWN. NUMEROUS TREES
AND MOORHEAD DOWN OVER MACON LAKE ROAD.
SUNFLOWER CTY REPORTED BY SUNFLOWER EOC.
810 PM INDIANOLA PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
SUNFLOWER CTY REPORTED BY INDIANOLA P.D.
840 PM LEFLORE CTY NUMEROUS TREES DOWN, POWER OUTAGES
JUST S OF ITTA BENA. HIGH WINDS IN
GREENWOOD. REPORTED BY GREENWOOD/LEFLORE
C.D.
815-820 PM SWIFTON 3/4 TO 1 1/2 INCH DIA HAIL
LEFLORE CTY REPORTED BY GREENWOOD/LEFLORE C.D.
910 PM LEXINGTON DIME SIZE HAIL AT LEXINGTON. NUMEROUS
HOLMES CTY TREES LIMBS DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES.
REPORTED BY LEXINGTON P.D.
APPROX 900 PM TCHULA UNKNOWN SIZE HAIL REPORTED. DELAYED
HOLMES CTY REPORT FROM LEXINGTON P.D.
APPROX 900 PM CARROLLTON PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. FEW TREE LIMBS
CARROLL CTY DOWN. REPORTED BY CARROLLTON C.D.
945 PM 5S KOSCIUSKO TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 43S AND HWY 14
ATTALA CTY REPORTED BY KOSCIUSKO P.D.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Tallahatchie | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Leflore, Tallahatchie | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 28 min |
| Apr 24, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Lauderdale | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 64 min |
| Apr 25, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wayne | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.