Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 1993, 12:22 AM CST for Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 1993, 12:22 AM CST (06:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 1993, 1:15 AM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1283 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 310621 TORJAN MSC151-310715- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1222 AM CST WED MAR 31 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 1217 AM...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...JUST EAST EUDORA IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF AVON...WAYSIDE AND LELAND DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR0. GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD. <
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 30, 7:23 PM CST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
720 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993
715 PM CST...STATE C.D. REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NEWTON IN NEWTON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.Local storm report, Mar 30, 7:28 PM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
728 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993
725 PM CST...LAUDERDALE COUNTY C.D. REPORTED DIME AND NICKLE SIZE
HAIL IN MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPPI.Local storm report, Mar 30, 7:59 PM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
800 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993
708 PM CST...CLARKE COUNTY S. O. REPORTS DIME-SIZE HAIL IN STONEWALL
MS.
715 PM CST...CLARKE COUNTY S. O.
REPORTS DIME-SIZE HAIL IN PACHUTA MS.Special weather statement, Mar 30, 8:49 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-310345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 849 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993 TORNADO WATCH WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND SUMTER AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 836 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM BAY SPRINGS TO LAUDERDALE MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED JUST NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE zTO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 10:12 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-310615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1011 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND SUMTER AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. AT 1010 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SCATTERED EXTREME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN NESHOBA AND KEMPER COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Local storm report, Mar 30, 10:47 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1045 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993
TIME(CST) LOCATION REMARKS
DELAYED REPORTS.....
630 PM BWTN BELZONI-HOLLANDALE FUNNEL CLOUD
WEST HUMPHREYS COUNTY
650 PM MOOREHEAD PEA SIZE HAIL
LEFLORE COUNTY
745 PM PORT GIBSON GOLF BALL HAIL
CLAIBORNE COUNTY
805 PM DREW PEA SIZE HAIL
SUNFLOWER COUNTY
807PM UTICA GOLF BALL HAIL
HINDS COUNTY
851 PM HINDS-COPIAL COUNTY LINE GOLF BALL HAIL
NUMEROUS GOLF BALL TO MARBLE HAIL IN HINDS0
COUNTY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 6:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 6:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 6:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 6:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 6:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 55 min |
| Mar 30, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 6:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 53 min |
| Mar 30, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 7:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 56 min |
| Mar 30, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 65 min |
| Mar 30, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 65 min |
| Mar 30, 7:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 7:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 54 min |
| Mar 30, 7:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 7:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 57 min |
| Mar 30, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Washington | 57 min |
| Mar 30, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 11:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 12:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 12:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 1:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 1:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 50 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.