Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 88, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 1992, 3:29 AM CST for Choctaw County, Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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
- Nov 22, 1992, 3:29 AM CST (09:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 1992, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Sumter County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 3:30 AM CST | Tornado F2 | 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 813 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 220931 TORMEI ALC023-119-221015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 329 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA ...CHOCTAW COUNTY...SUMTER COUNTY AT 326 AM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUTLER ALABAMA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 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, Nov 21, 11:20 PM CST, 4 hours 9 minutes before
MSZ009-012-220615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1120 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 914 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI... AT 1115 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND HAZELHURST IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED WITHIN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN COVERING MOST OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM POPLARVILLE NORTH TO FOREST TO KOSCUISKO. OTHER RAIN SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED BETWEEN MERIDIAN AND QUITMAN IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 21, 11:21 PM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
MSZ009-012-220615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1120 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 914 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI... AT 1115 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND HAZELHURST IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED WITHIN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN COVERING MOST OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM POPLARVILLE NORTH TO FOREST TO KOSCUISKO. OTHER RAIN SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED BETWEEN MERIDIAN AND QUITMAN IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH.
Local storm report, Nov 21, 11:25 PM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1125 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992
TIME(CST) LOCATION REMARKS
1100 PM 2W BROOKHAVEN TORNADO DAMAGE. 2 HOMES DAMAGED.
(LINCOLN COUNTY) EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER
LINES. REPORTED BY LINCOLN/
BROOKHAVEN CD.Local storm report, Nov 22, 1:25 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
0120 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992
1250 AM CST...JASPER COUNTY COUNTY C. D. REPORTS POWER LINES
AND TREES DOWN...ROOF DAMAGE...JUST NORTH OF BAY
SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI.
0105 AM CST...NEWTON COUNTY C. D. REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL IN
DECATUR MISSISSIPPI.
0114 AM CST...NEWTON COUNTY C. D. REPORTS TREES DOWN AND ROOF
DAMAGE IN NEWTON MISSISSIPPI.Local storm report, Nov 22, 2:41 AM CST, 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
240 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992
130 AM CST...NESHOBA COUNTY C. D. REPORTS DAMAGE TO CHURCH
ROOF...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN EXTREME
* SOUTHEAST NESHOBA COUNTY MISSSISSIPPI.Special weather statement, Nov 22, 2:46 AM CST, 43 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-220930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 234 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH 915 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FOR EXTREME EASTERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 AM CST... ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI... AT 234 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI FROM MORTON IN NOXUBEE COUNTY TO HATTIESBURG TO NEAR BROOKLYN. DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES COULD OCCUR AS THESE STORMS MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...BE ALERT TO YOUR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHLETER IF THE WEATHER TURNS THREATENING OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. TORNADO WATCH 914 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TORNADO WATCH 915 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FOR EAST MISSISSIPPI EAST OF A TUPELO TO HATTIESBURG LINE. MEANWHILE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS ARKANSAS AND WINDS ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA WILL ALSO BE INCREASING SHORTLY. RESIDENTS OF THE DELTA CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR TO OCCUR. THE WINDS WERE 8BEING CAUSED BY A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR TEXARKANA ARKANSAS.
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.