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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Jackson, MS

August 27, 1992Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 1992, 6:47 PM CDT for Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 1992, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 1992, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1992-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1065 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1992-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1065 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 272348
TORJAN
MSC091-280015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
647 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY
 
AT 645 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT EIGHT MILES
EAST OF BUNKER HILL.
IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR.

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, 1:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
MSZALL-272000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
145 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 775 HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE REMNANTS OF ANDREW WERE MOVING INTO ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON...
ENDING ITS SEIGE OF MISSISSIPPI WEATHER. TORNADO WATCH NO. 775 IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ANY PART OF MISSISSIPPI. CLOUDS AND LIGHT
RAIN PERSISTED OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI BUT SUNSHINE HAD BROKEN
THROUGH OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE.

THE AIR MASS REMAINED MOIST BEHIND THE STORM AND SCATTERED AFTERNOON
SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

A COLD FRONT THAT WAS MOVING THROUGH ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON WILL
MOVE INTO MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. THE AIR MASS WILL DRY RAPIDLY BEHIND
THE FRONT...PRODUCING SUNNY AND MILD WEATHER IN THE MAGNOLIA STATE FOR
THE WEEKEND.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
MSZ003-008-010-011-272330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
530 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 520 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF MISSISSIPPI. SOME OF THE STORMS
WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE NOTED OVER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI OVER NORTHWEST
LINCOLN COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF CASEYVILLE AND IN BASSFIELD IN JEFFERSON
DAVIS COUNTY.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR.

WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STORMS GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MILES AN
HOUR...BRIEF DOWNPOURS OF HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
SOME POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED.

PERSONS IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE QUICK
ACTION WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 6:37 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
MSZ010-011-280030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
635 PM CDT THU AUG 27 1992

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 625 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM TEN MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LIBERTY IN AMITE COUNTY....THROUGH MCCOMB TO PRENTIS IN
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY ON TO HATTIESBURG. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
WERE BETWEEN MONTICELLO IN LAWRENCE COUNTY AND PRENTIS.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR.

WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STORMS STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MILES
AN HOUR...BRIEF DOWN POURS OF HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND SOME POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED.

THE LINE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE COUNTIES OF WALTHALL...MARIAN...AND
LAMAR DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

PERSONS IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE QUICK
ACTION WHEN THREATENING` WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSmith40 min
Aug 26, 7:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Warren8 hr
Aug 26, 8:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Rankin, Simpson8 hr
Aug 26, 8:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln8 hr
Aug 26, 8:51 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSharkey, Yazoo54 min
Aug 26, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSimpson39 min
Aug 26, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo32 min
Aug 27, 1:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANScott, Smith3 hr
Aug 27, 1:56 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke34 min
Aug 27, 2:17 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale28 min
Aug 27, 2:48 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale42 min
Aug 27, 2:58 AM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke47 min
Aug 27, 3:28 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale47 min
Aug 27, 4:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLeake, Madison, Scott5 hr
Aug 27, 4:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANRankin, Simpson, Smith5 hr
Aug 27, 4:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds5 hr
Aug 27, 4:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANClarke4 hr
Aug 27, 4:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale4 hr

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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.