Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 1992, 4:50 PM CST for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 1992, 4:50 PM CST (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 1992, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Holmes County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 092253 TORJAN MSC051-092315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 450 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN HOLMES COUNTY AT 448 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR STILL INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...POSSIBLY CONTAINING A TORNADO...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BELZONI. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN HOLMES COUNTY...NEAR BUTLER AND CRUGER. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR APARTMENT. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS. <
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, Mar 9, 11:09 AM CST, 5 hours 41 minutes before
MS001-002-004-006-091800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1105 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... AT 1105 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM INTENSIFYING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN BOLIVAR COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME HAIL AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE TOWNS OF ROSEDALE...CLEVELAND AND SHELBY. MORE STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS MISSISSIPPI. YOU ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND9 POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 12:48 PM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-091930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1235 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... AT 1235 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON STILL INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS EXTENDED FROM GREENVILLE TO RULEVILLE TO BATESVILLE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING IN NORTHERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY MOVING INTO TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. BESIDES HEAVY RAIN...THE STORMS WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL. ELSEWHERE LIGHT RAIN EXTENDED AS FAR EAST AS GRENADA AND GREENWOOD. THE RAIN EXTENDED INTO SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND WEST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AN>D TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 3:23 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
MSZALL-101200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 330 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AT MANY LOCATIONS TUESDAY NIGHT... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BREEZE THROUGH THE STATE TUESDAY...BRINGING AN END TO THE RAIN. IT WILL BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY... FOLLOWED BY FREEZING TEMPERATURES AT MANY LOCATIONS TUESDAY NIGHT. THE COAST SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. SINCE MANY PLANTS...BUSHES.s..AND SHRUBS ARE IN BLOOM OR BUDDING...IT WILL BE ADVISABLE TO BEGIN THINKING FOR WAYS TO PROTECT THEM. SINCE IT IS LIKELY TO BE A SHORT DURATION EVENT...PROTECTIVE MEASURES MAY SAVE MANY OF THOSE TENDER ITEMS.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 4:20 PM CST, 30 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-092315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 419 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 TORNADO WATCHS WHICH INCLUDE MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA REMAIN IN EFFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST. AT 415 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...EAST OF A LINE FROM PONTOTOC TO HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 4:32 PM CST, 18 minutes before
MSZALL-092330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 429 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH #64 IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 900 PM... ...TORNADO WATCH #65 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL PM... ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HUMPHREYS COUNTY TIL 500 PM. ...TORNADO WARNINGS FOR EASTERN GRENADA...CALHOUN...NORTHERN ISSAQUENA AND SHARKEY COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED... AT 430 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN SHARKEY COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS RE-INENSIFIED AND WILL MOVE INTO HUMPHREYS AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. NO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME FOR THE WARNED COUNTIES...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES WILL EXIST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS IN THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 4:37 PM CST, 13 minutes before
MSZALL-092330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 429 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH #64 IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 900 PM... ...TORNADO WATCH #65 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 900 PM... ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HUMPHREYS COUNTY TIL 500 PM. ...TORNADO WARNINGS FOR EASTERN GRENADA...CALHOUN...NORTHERN ISSAQUENA AND SHARKEY COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED... AT 430 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN SHARKEY COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS RE-INTENSIFIED AND WILL MOVE INTO HUMPHREYS AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. NO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME FOR THE WARNED COUNTIES...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES WILL EXIST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS IN THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Calhoun, Grenada | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 3:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 27 min |
| Mar 9, 3:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 39 min |
| Mar 9, 4:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.