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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Jackson, MS

February 21, 1993Claiborne County, Warren County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 1993, 7:43 AM CST for Claiborne County, Warren County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 1993, 7:43 AM CST (13:43 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 1993, 8:15 AM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Claiborne County, MS, Warren County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 12:00Z on 1993-02-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1993-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 508 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-260 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
508 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
622 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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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, Feb 21, 3:25 AM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 21, 5:13 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
MSZ001-002-004>007-211140

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
505 AM CST SUN FEB 21 1993

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 31 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10 AM CST. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO GRENADA TO AMORY.

AT 5 AM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS...MOVING
TO THE EAST AT AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS MOVEMENT...THE STORMS
WILL CROSS THE RIVER INTO THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA WITHIN THE HOUR.

SEVERAL WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR SOME ARKANSAS COUNTIES
THIS MORNING.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATEJR STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 5:32 AM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
MSZ001-002-004>007-211225

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
525 AM CST SUN FEB 21 1993

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 31 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10 AM CST. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO GRENADA TO AMORY.

AT 525 AM...THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERAL WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY
SCATTERED OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED IN THE DELTA AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM IN MISSISSIPPI WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLLANDALE.

SEVERAL WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR SOME ARKANSAS COUNTIES
THIS MORNING.  PERSONS IN THE WATCHf AREA IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 6:40 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
MSZALL-211325

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
625 AM CST SUN FEB 21 1993

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 31 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10 AM CST. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO GRENADA TO AMORY.

AT 625 AM...THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERAL WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY
SCATTERED OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND THE DELTA. THE HEAVIEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON AND 30 MILES NORTH OF
GREENVILLE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 7:43 AM CST, 0 minutes before
MSZALL-211430

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
730 AM CST SUN FEB 21 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 31 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10 AM CST. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH
OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO GRENADA TO AMORY...
...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 32 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL NOON CST...

AT 725 AM...THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERAL WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE WIDELY
SCATTERED OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND THE DELTA. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM IN MISSISSIPPI WAS JUST SOUTH OF FOREST.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED IN
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...JUST WEST OF@ THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  THIS STORM
WAS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VICKSBURG MISSISSIPPI.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 8:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds44 min
Feb 21, 8:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah32 min
Feb 21, 9:11 AM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah34 min
Feb 21, 9:59 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson, Smith31 min
Feb 21, 11:45 AM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper60 min
Feb 21, 12:27 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw48 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.