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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 1992, 10:48 PM CDT for Kemper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 57 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 24, 1992, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1992, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kemper County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 11:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Kemper, MS |
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 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 2235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1149 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 250353 RRA TORMEI MSC069-250445- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1048 PM CDT FRI APR 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...KEMPER COUNTY AT 1047 PM CDT MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF DEKALB MISSISSIPPI MOVING SOUTHEAST 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 INTERIOR 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 24, 5:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 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 14 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, 15 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, 8 minutes 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, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.