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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS

March 9, 1992Franklin County, Lincoln County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 1992, 10:26 PM CST for Franklin County, Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 1992, 10:26 PM CST (04:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 1992, 11:15 PM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, MS, Lincoln County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1992-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 686 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1992-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
686 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
9.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 100427
TORJAN
MSC029-037-085-100515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1026 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...COPIAH COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 1027 PM CST...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER
NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF MEADVILLE. THIS STORM
WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AT 40 MILES AN HOUR TOWARDS WESSON AND
HAZLEHURST.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  MOVE QUICKLY TO UNDERGROUND SHEL4TER IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
AVOID WINDOWS.  LEAVE CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
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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, 8:01 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-100300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO CST IN HEADLINE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
755 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA UNTIL 100
AM CST.

AT 750 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION.
OTHER WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AROUND THE REGION WERE INDICATING STRONG
TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST
LOUISANA AND SOUTH_EASTERN ARKANSAS.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 8:31 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
MSZALL-100330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
827 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

...TORNADO WATCH 67 FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
TILL 1 AM...

AT 820 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA.  THE MOST
INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA NEAR MONROE.
THIS STORM IS IN A PRIME POSITION TO INCREASE IN SEVERITY AND WILL
REQUIRE A WARNING IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER AS IT APPROACHES THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  THE PROJECTED PATH OF THIS STORM WOULD PUT IT
INTO ISSAQUENA COUNTY A LITTLE AFTER 9 PM.

A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS
INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 9:17 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-100415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
916 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA
UNTIL 1 AM CST.

AT 910 PM MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORM...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...OVER THE NORTHWESTERN ONE-THIRD
OF MISSISSIPPI.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHWEST OF A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR VICKSBURG NORTHEAST TO WINONA TO ABEiRDEEN.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 9:51 PM CST, 35 minutes before
MSZALL-101200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
945 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI
   TUESDAY NIGHT...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH WAS TRIGGERING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING. AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS
THE STATE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER
IN COLDER AIR. LOW TEMPERATURES BY TUESDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY DROP INTO
THE 20S ACROSS MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WHILE
TEMPERATURES JUST BELOW FREEZING ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...
EXCEPT ALONG THE COAST WHERE LOWS SHOULD BE IN THE 30S.

OUR RECENT SPELL OF WARM WEATHER HAS BROUGHT MANY TREES AND SHRUBS OUT
OF WINTER HIBERNATION. THEREFORE YOU SHOULD START PLANNING NOW TO
PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION...ESPECIALLY FLOWERING SHRUBS AND FRUIT
TREES.

A FREEZE WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED FOR SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI
TUESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL WHERE THE
BEST THREAT FOR PROLONG FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. YOU ARE
ADVISED TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RELIABLE SOURCES
OF WEATHER INFORMATION TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE LATEST DETAILS.
Local storm report, Mar 9, 10:04 PM CST, 22 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1003 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

TIME (CST)    PLACE        EVENT
OF EVENT

915 PM        25 W GWO     SUNFLOWER COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:20 PM CST, 6 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-100515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1019 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA
UNTIL 1 AM CST.

AT 1015 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG WITH HEAVY RAIN...OVER MOST OF THE
NORTHWESTERN ONE THIRD OF MISSISSIPPI.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
NORTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR JACKSON NORTHEAST THROUGH
ACKERMAN TO FULTON. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH WHILE THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN
MEADVILLE AND PORT GIBSON.  THESE T}HUNDERSTORMS 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, 6:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSunflower20 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, 10:51 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.