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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Jackson, MS

April 24, 1992Neshoba County, Mississippi

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1992-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2121 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar49 min
Apr 24, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower, Tallahatchie31 min
Apr 24, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower26 min
Apr 24, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Leflore, Tallahatchie40 min
Apr 24, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll40 min
Apr 24, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes43 min
Apr 24, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala28 min
Apr 24, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston61 min
Apr 24, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba59 min
Apr 24, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake36 min
Apr 24, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper57 min
Apr 24, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton46 min
Apr 24, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Lauderdale56 min
Apr 25, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke64 min
Apr 25, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWayne51 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.