Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 14, 1993, 5:16 PM CST for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 1993, 5:16 PM CST (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 1993, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rankin County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 1454 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Nov 14, 3:11 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-142215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 311 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 944 WHICH INCLUDES WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST... AT 308 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA 50 MILES WIDE FROM NEAR STARKVILLE MISSISSIPPI SOUTHWARD TO NEAR LAUREL. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF DEKALB MISSSSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 H PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER OCCUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 3:12 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-142215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 311 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 944 WHICH INCLUDES WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST... AT 308 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA 50 MILES WIDE FROM NEAR STARKVILLE MISSISSIPPI SOUTHWARD TO NEAR LAUREL. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF DEKALB MISSSSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 H PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER OCCUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 4:14 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
MSZALL-142330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 415 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH 944 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...WEST OF A WATER VALLEY TO GREENWOOD TO EDEN LINE. ...TORNADO WATCH 945 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7PM... AT 410PM CST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY FROM CALHOUN CITY TO CANTON TO WOODVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CANTON. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE LINE OF STORMS WAS PUSHING EAST 20 MILES AN HOUR. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR CAUSING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...IN ADDITION TO WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 4:15 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
MSZALL-142330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 415 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH 944 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...WEST OF A WATER VALLEY TO GREENWOOD TO EDEN LINE. ...TORNADO WATCH 945 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7PM... AT 410PM CST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY FROM CALHOUN CITY TO CANTON TO WOODVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CANTON. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE LINE OF STORMS WAS PUSHING EAST 20 MILES AN HOUR. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR CAUSING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...IN ADDITION TO WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 4:45 PM CST, 31 minutes before
MSZALL-142330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 445 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH 945 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7PM... AT 440PM CST...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...OVER PORTIONS OF HINDS...RANKIN AND MADISON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRANDON AND JUST SOUTH OF MADISON. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL BE IN THE LOCAL VICINITY UNTIL AT LEAST 530 PM.
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 4:45 PM CST, 31 minutes before
MSZALL-142330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 445 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH 945 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7PM... AT 440PM CST...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...OVER PORTIONS OF HINDS...RANKIN AND MADISON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRANDON AND JUST SOUTH OF MADISON. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL BE IN THE LOCAL VICINITY UNTIL AT LEAST 530 PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 12:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 26 min |
| Nov 14, 1:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 36 min |
| Nov 14, 1:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Washington | 32 min |
| Nov 14, 2:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Leflore | 59 min |
| Nov 14, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 48 min |
| Nov 14, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 53 min |
| Nov 14, 4:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 44 min |
| Nov 14, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 29 min |
| Nov 14, 5:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.