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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

March 9, 1992Itawamba County, Lee County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 1992, 4:30 PM CST for Itawamba County, Lee County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports 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, 4:30 PM CST (22:30 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 1992, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 9, 4:45 PM CST	Hail 0.88	Lee, MS
Mar 9, 5:00 PM CST	Hail 1.75	Itawamba, 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 242 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUP 092230
TORTUP
MSC057-081-095-092300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
430 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY
   ...NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 430PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN
THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF MONROE COUNTY. THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM
IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.
 
NNNN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 2:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo	56 min
Mar 9, 2:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette	50 min
Mar 9, 2:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	43 min
Mar 9, 3:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Tishomingo	62 min
Mar 9, 3:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw	43 min
Mar 9, 5:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba	30 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.