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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

March 30, 1993Rankin County, Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 1993, 5:28 PM CST for Rankin County, Simpson County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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: Mar 30, 1993, 5:28 PM CST (23:28 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 1993, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Rankin County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 30, 5:30 PM CST	Tornado F0	Harrisville, MS	A small tornado touched down briefly near the Old Pearl Community and did not do any damage.

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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 39 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: 1103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 302328
TORJAN
MSC121-127-129-310015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
528 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN SIMPSON COUNTY
   ...SMITH COUNTY
 
AT 527 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR MENDENHALL. THIS STORM PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN
BRAXTON AT AROUND 515 PM. THIS STORM WILL TRACK EAST-NORTHEASTWARD
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD BE NEAR PUCKETT BEFORE 6 PM...AND
NEAR RALEIGH BY 615 PM.
 
THIS STORM JUST PRODUCED BASEBALL HAIL AT BRAXTON.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  MOVE QUICKLY TO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
AVOID WINDOWS.  LEAVE CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BBUILDING.
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 9:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	37 min
Mar 30, 10:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	52 min
Mar 30, 10:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	42 min
Mar 30, 11:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	43 min
Mar 30, 11:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	40 min
Mar 30, 12:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena	26 min
Mar 30, 12:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds	51 min
Mar 30, 2:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	68 min
Mar 30, 3:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	45 min
Mar 30, 3:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	41 min
Mar 30, 3:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper	55 min
Mar 30, 3:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	59 min
Mar 30, 4:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	66 min
Mar 30, 4:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Copiah, Rankin, Simpson	51 min
Mar 30, 4:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	63 min
Mar 30, 5:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Holmes, Yazoo	60 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.