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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Jackson, MS

August 27, 1992Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 1992, 3:51 AM CDT for Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 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 27, 1992, 3:51 AM CDT (08:51 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 1992, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Sumter County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 27, 4:03 AM CDT	Hail 0.75	Sumter, AL

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

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 100 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: 722 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 270852
TORMEI
ALC119-270945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
351 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
 
   ...SUMTER COUNTY
 
AT 346 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LIVINGSTON ALABAMA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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, Aug 27, 1:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-270730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
120 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 774 WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND SUMTER AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT...

AT 112 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING WEST OF A LINE FROM STARKVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO
BUTLER TO CHATOM ALABAMA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED
JUST NORTHWEST OF STONEWALL MISSISSIPPI.  THE AREA OF RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS OF 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. MINOR FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Local storm report, Aug 27, 2:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
230 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

210 AM CDT...CLARKE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES
             DOWN NORTH AND EAST OF QUITMAN MISSISSIPPIZ.

Local storm report, Aug 27, 3:09 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
307 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

240 AM CDT...LAUDERDALE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS TREES
             DOWN 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.

Local storm report, Aug 27, 3:19 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
320 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

301 AM CDT...LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTS SEVERAL TREES
             DOWN 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.

Local storm report, Aug 27, 3:26 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
325 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

320 AM CDT...CLARKE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS TREES DOWN
             8 MILES WEST OF QUITMAN MISSISSIPPI.

Local storm report, Aug 27, 3:44 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
343 AM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

340 AM CDT...LAUDERDALE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS TREES
             DOWN 6 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 27, 5:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sumter	52 min
Aug 27, 6:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Choctaw	46 min
Aug 27, 6:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Sumter	53 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.