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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1992, 11:32 AM CDT for Carroll County, Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
- Jun 3, 1992, 11:32 AM CDT (16:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1992, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, MS, Holmes County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 11:55 AM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Holmes, 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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 805 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 031632 TORJAN MSC015-051-031715- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1132 AM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY...NORTHERN HOLMES COUNTY AT 1129 AM...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE NEAR EMORY...WILTSHIRE OR VAIDEN...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET UNDEFR STURDY FURNITURE. USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD. <
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, Jun 3, 11:04 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
MSZ003-006-030500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1102 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 1992 AT 1055 AM...A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE NOTED BETWEEN LEXINGTON AAND YAZOO CITY...AND BETWEEN DURANT AND KOSCIUSKO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE PARTICULAR STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEVY RAINFALL. IF YOU LIVE IN HOLMES...SOUTHERN CARROLL...MONTOGOMERY...ATTALA OR CHOCTAW COUNTIES.....THEN YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE STORMS AND SEEK SHLETER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:09 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
MSZ003-006-031700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1102 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 1992 AT 1055 AM...A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE NOTED BETWEEN LEXINGTON AAND YAZOO CITY...AND BETWEEN DURANT AND KOSCIUSKO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE PARTICULAR STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEVY RAINFALL. IF YOU LIVE IN HOLMES...SOUTHERN CARROLL...MONTOGOMERY...ATTALA OR CHOCTAW COUNTIES.....THEN YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE STORMS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. . STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:13 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
MSZ003-006-031700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1102 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 1992 AT 1055 AM...A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE NOTED BETWEEN LEXINGTON AAND YAZOO CITY...AND BETWEEN DURANT AND KOSCIUSKO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE PARTICULAR STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEVY RAINFALL. IF YOU LIVE IN HOLMES...SOUTHERN CARROLL...MONTOGOMERY...ATTALA OR CHOCTAW COUNTIES.....THEN YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE STORMS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHEAR APPROACHES YOUR AREA. . STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 28 min |
| Jun 3, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 36 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.