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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Jackson, MS

August 26, 1992Copiah County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 1992, 5:09 PM CDT for Copiah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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
Aug 26, 1992, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Copiah County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 26, 5:20 PM CDTTornado F0Copiah, 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 12:00Z on 1992-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 710 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1992-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
710 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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 KJAN 262209
TORJAN
MSC029-262245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
509 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN COPIAH COUNTY
 
AT 505 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR CRYSTAL SPRINGS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH. A WARNING COULD BE
EXTENDED INTO SOUTHERH HINDS DURING THE NEXT 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln, Pike, Walthall27 min
Aug 26, 8:03 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln57 min
Aug 26, 8:58 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah32 min
Aug 26, 9:08 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLawrence37 min
Aug 26, 9:15 AM CDTTornado WarningJANWilkinson45 min
Aug 26, 10:55 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah35 min
Aug 26, 11:06 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Warren39 min
Aug 26, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale40 min
Aug 26, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper52 min
Aug 26, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo54 min
Aug 26, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke67 min
Aug 26, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Holmes50 min
Aug 26, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar25 min
Aug 26, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale40 min
Aug 26, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper24 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.