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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Jackson, MS

June 3, 1992Bolivar County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1992, 4:54 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 1992, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 1992, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Bolivar County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 032153
TORJAN
MSC011-032230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
454 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...EASTERN BOLIVAR COUNTY
 
AT 453 PM CDT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THE GROUND WEST OF
CLEVELAND BY THE BOLIVAR C.D. THIS STORM WAS MOVINyG TO THE EAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE.
USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD.
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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, 2:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-MSZALL-
ALZ004-008-013-016-032030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
225 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992

...TORNADO WATCH 281 FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7PM...

AT 225 PM WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...CONTINUED DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL AND EAST MISSISSIPPI.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH WITH THE STRONGEST STORM IN HOLMES
COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON.

OTHER STORMS WERE APPROACHING THE MONROE, LOUISIANA AREA RAPIDLY
FROM THE WEST. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL CONTAIN TORRENTIAL RAINS...
GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER...BE READY
FOR QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.

Local storm report, Jun 3, 2:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
235 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992

232 PM CDT...LAUDERDALE COUNTY C.D. REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL
             8 MILES EAST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-032130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
 345 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992

 ...TORNADO WATCH 284 TILL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTH...ALL OF
CENTRAL...AND MOST OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...
...TORNADO WATCH 285 TILL 10 PM FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
INCLUDING THE COAST.

AT 340 PM CDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED
OVER EASTERN LOUISIANA ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF NATCHEZ.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO SOUTHWEST-
ERN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 400 AND 430 PM.  THESE STORMS MAY INCREASE
IN INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH-CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI NEAR KOSCIUSKO WERE WEAKENING.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING EASTWARD OUT OF EAST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI INTO WESTERN ALABAMA.
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THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:59 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
355 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992

335 PM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL IN CUBA IN
             SOUTHWEST SUMTER COUNTY ALABAMA.

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:37 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-032230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
 440 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992

 ...TORNADO WATCH 284 TILL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTH...ALL OF
CENTRAL...AND MOST OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...
...TORNADO WATCH 285 TILL 10 PM FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
INCLUDING THE COAST.

AT 435 PM CDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED
OVER WESTERN MISSISSIPPI...OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY BETWEEN GREENVILLE
AND HOLLANDALE...OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY NEAR FAYETTE...AND OVER
CLAIBORNE COUNTY NEAR PORT GIBSON.

OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EAST-CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI NEAR PHILADELPIA...NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN AND OVER WEST-
CENTRAL ALABAMA.
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THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:47 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

MSZALL-032245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
448 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992

...TORNADO WATCHES 284 AND 285 IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MISSISSIPPI
GENERALLY SOUTH OF A CLARKSDALE TO TUPELO LINE TILL 10 PM...

AT 445 PM CDT...TORNADO WATCHES 284 AND 285 REMAINED IN EFFECT OVER
MOST OF MISSISSIPPI TILL 10 PM.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER
WESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND CONDITIONS REMAINED FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 11:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes	43 min
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

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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.