Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 1992, 6:56 PM CST for Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. It was in force for 19 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
- Mar 9, 1992, 6:56 PM CST (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 1992, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tallahatchie County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:58 PM CST | Hail 1.25 | Tallahatchie, MS |
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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 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.
- 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 100057 TORJAN MSC135-100115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 656 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY AT 654 PM CST...A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE TUTWILER AREA OF NORTHWESTERN TALAHATCHIE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR TOWARDS THE TOWN OF BRAZIL. 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, 3:23 PM CST, 3 hours 33 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 36 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, 2 hours 24 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, 2 hours 19 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 31 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, 6:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 28 min |
| 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, 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 |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.