Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1992, 9:27 AM CDT for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 63 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
- May 26, 1992, 9:27 AM CDT (14:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1992, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 9:45 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Jackson, 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1740 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 261427 SVRMOB MSC059-261530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 927 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...JACKSON COUNTY AT 930 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE NEAR HURLEY AND VANCLEAVE DURING THE NEXT HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, May 26, 5:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
MSC039-041-111-131-261130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 535 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER INLAND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... THE MOBILE RADAR AT 530 AM CDT INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER SEVERAL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. ONE WAS LOCATED IN STONE COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF WIGGINS...ANOTHER 12 MILES SOUTH OF BEAUMONT IN PERRY COUNTY AND STILL ANOTHER JUST NORTHEAST OF BEAUMONT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO GREENE AND GEORGE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. RESIDENTS OF THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE APPROACH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, May 26, 6:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
ALZ016-261215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 612 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD MOBILE COUNTY... AT 605 AM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LUCEDALE IN GEORGE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO MOBILE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. PEA-SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LUCEDALE BY THE PD AT 609 AM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND HAIL AS IT MOVES INTO MOBILE COUNTY AND PASSES NEAR WILMER AND GEORGETOWN.
Special weather statement, May 26, 7:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
ALC003-261330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 721 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA... AT 720 AM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED ACROSS MOBILE COUNTY AND WEAKENED HAD BEGUN TO INCREASE AS IT CROSSED THE MOBILE RIVER. IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO BALDWIN COUNTY NEAR THE CROSSROADS COMMUNITY WITH GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.l..HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE WILMER AND GEORGETOWN AREAS AS IT MOVED THROUGH.
Special weather statement, May 26, 8:50 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
MSZ014-261445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 849 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992 AT 845 AM CDT A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF STONE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF WIGGINS. THE CLUSTER WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. THE STORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVED PAST WIGGINS ABOUT 820 AM THIS MORNING. THESE SwTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUST WINDS...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY GEORGE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison | 40 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.