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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jackson, MS

March 9, 1992Sunflower County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 1992, 6:25 PM CST for Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 20 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 1992, 6:25 PM CST (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 1992, 6:45 PM CST
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Sunflower County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1992-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2047 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1992-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 100026
TORJAN
MSC133-100045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
625 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY
 
AT 622 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE
TORNADO OVER NORTHEASTERN BOLIVAR COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MILES AN HOUR TOWARDS NORTHERN SUNFLOWER COUNTY. THIS STORM SHOULD
MOVE IN THE PARCHMAN AREA BY 640 PM.
 
 
 
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.
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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 37 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, 3 hours 2 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, 2 hours 5 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 53 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 48 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, 1 hour 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.
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 6:02 PM CSTTornado WarningJANBolivar28 min
Mar 9, 6:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar36 min
Mar 9, 6:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANTallahatchie19 min
Mar 9, 8:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington43 min
Mar 9, 9:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower25 min
Mar 9, 9:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Washington42 min
Mar 9, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore37 min
Mar 9, 10:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANGrenada, Yalobusha25 min
Mar 9, 10:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo52 min
Mar 9, 10:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore46 min
Mar 9, 10:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah49 min
Mar 9, 10:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln49 min
Mar 9, 10:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes39 min
Mar 9, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson45 min
Mar 9, 11:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith37 min
Mar 9, 11:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston65 min
Mar 10, 12:10 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper35 min
Mar 10, 12:23 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNewton52 min
Mar 10, 12:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale50 min
Mar 10, 12:42 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale48 min
Mar 10, 1:28 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale47 min
Mar 10, 1:32 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke43 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.