Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 1993, 12:43 PM CST for Walthall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 1993, 12:43 PM CST (18:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 1993, 1:15 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Walthall County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 251843 SVRJAN MSC147-251915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1243 PM CST THU MAR 25 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...WALTHALL COUNTY AT 1238 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INIDCATED BY RADAR JUST EAST OF MAGNOLIA IN PIKE COUNTY...MOVING TOWARD TYLERTOWN IN WALTHALL COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE...DAMAGING HAIL AND WINDS AS IT MOVES EAST NEAR 35 MILES AN HOUR. REPORTS OF GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WERE REPORTED AT 1228 PM FROM MAGNOLIA IN PIKE COUNTY...WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT MCCOMB AT 1226 PM. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR TYLERTOWN...MESA AND LEXIE DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. < &
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, Mar 25, 8:39 AM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
MSZ003-008-010-011-012-013-014-251545-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
838 AM CST THU MAR 25 1993
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
AT 825 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NOTED FROM
SOUTHWEST OF BROOKHAVEN...NEAR VAUGHN IN LINCOLN COUNTY TO NEW HEBRON IN
LAWRENCE COUNTY.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MILES AN HOUR.
IN ADDITION...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAS BEEN NOTED
WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH THE JACKSON METEROPOLITAN AREA
BETWEEN 5 AND 7 AM.
IF YOUR TRAVELS TAKE YOU INTO WEST CENTRAL OR SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI TIS MORNING...PLEASE ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR YOUR TRAVEL.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO BEEN PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. EARLY MORNING RAINFALL REPORTS
HAVE INDICATED TOATLS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES WITH THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS.
BE A AWARE THAT AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND STRONG WINDS ARE GREAT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AS THEY: PASS THROUGH THE STATE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND
RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.Special weather statement, Mar 25, 9:27 AM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
MSZ010-011-012-013-014-250430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 926 PM CST WED MAR 24 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... AT 915 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...MOVING EAST BETWEEN 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT 914 AM...THE PIKE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR MCCOMB. THIS STORM HAS ALSO BEEN PRODUCING FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AS WELL RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPID CHANGES IN THE WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER IF NECCESSARY. THE STORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH MISSISSIPPI WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. &
Local storm report, Mar 25, 11:02 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1100 AM CST THU MAR 25 1993 TIME(CST) LOCATION REMARKS APPROX 915 AM PIKE COUNTY PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL FELL IN AND A0.67 NEAR MCCOMB. REPORTED BY PIKE CO C.D.
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 11:02 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
MSZ010-251800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1100 AM CST THU MAR 25 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM... AT 1100 AM CST RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM ADAMS AND WILKINSON COUNTIES. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE RIVER BY 1115 AM. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES THROUGH ADAMS AND WILKINSON COUNTIES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 12:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite, Pike | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 1:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Lamar | 37 min |
| Mar 25, 1:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 2:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 65 min |
| Mar 25, 3:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 53 min |
| Mar 25, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite, Franklin | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 4:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite, Wilkinson | 60 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.