Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 1992, 6:02 PM CST for Bolivar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 1992, 6:02 PM CST (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 1992, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bolivar County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 2047 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 100003 TORJAN MSC011-100030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 602 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...BOLIVAR COUNTY AT 600 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO BETWEEN ROSEDALE AND BENOIT. THIS STORM SHOULD BE IN THE MOUND BAYOU AREA AROUND 610 PM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 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<. <
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, 12:48 PM CST, 5 hours 14 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, 2 hours 39 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, 1 hour 42 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, 1 hour 30 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, 1 hour 25 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 5:25 PM CST, 37 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-100030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 524 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 TORNADO WATCHES WHICH INCLUDE MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST AT 515 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI EAST TO COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI THEN SOUTHEAST TO EUTAW ALABAMA. k ALSO SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN WAYNESBORO AND LUCEDALE. THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 20 min |
| Mar 9, 6:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tallahatchie | 19 min |
| Mar 9, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 9:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 25 min |
| Mar 9, 9:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 42 min |
| Mar 9, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 10:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada, Yalobusha | 25 min |
| Mar 9, 10:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 52 min |
| Mar 9, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 10:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 10:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 10:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 39 min |
| Mar 9, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 11:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 11:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 65 min |
| Mar 10, 12:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 35 min |
| Mar 10, 12:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 52 min |
| Mar 10, 12:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 12:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Mar 10, 1:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Mar 10, 1:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 43 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.