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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Jackson, MS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Copiah, 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.
- 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
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. <
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln, Pike, Walthall | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 8:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Aug 26, 8:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 9:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 9:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Wilkinson | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 10:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 11:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 54 min |
| Aug 26, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 67 min |
| Aug 26, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 25 min |
| Aug 26, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 24 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.