Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 1993, 9:19 PM CDT for Jasper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 1993, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1993, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jasper County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1071 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1356 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 260219 TORMEI MSC061-260300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 919 PM CDT SUN APR 25 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...JASPER COUNTY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JASPER COUNTY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A TORNADO WARNING. AT 918 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAY SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEDEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
MSZALL-252345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 540 PM CDT SUN APR 25 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 164 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR A FEW COUNTIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE JACKSON METRO AREA... A FEW COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 164. COUNTIES NO LONGER IN THE WATCH INCLUDE..... ALCORN CALHOUN GRENADA ITAWAMBA LAFAYETTE LEE PONTOTOC PRENTISS SUNFLOWER TALLAHATCHIE TIPPAH TISHOMINGO UNION WASHINGTON YALOBUSHA SINCE 5 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS SECTIONS OF RANKIN...SIMPSON AND COPIAH COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SOME HAIL. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING 10 NORTHEAST OF MENDENHALL..AND 15 MILES WEST OF MENDENHALL. IF YOU ARE NEAR THESE STORM...BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF Av WARNUNG IS ISSUED OR IF THE WEATHER TURNS THREATENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 6:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-260000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 604 PM CDT SUN APR 25 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 164 WHICH INCLUDES WINSTON...NOXUBEE...NESHOBA...KEMPER...NEWTON AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 600 PM CDT MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR VICKSBURG TO PHILADELPHIA MISSISSIPPI TO TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED FROM NEAR GEORGETOWN MISSISSIPPI TO BETWEEN BAY SPRINGS AND FOREST. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARTESIA MISSISSIPPI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. RESIDENTS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 6:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
MSZ003-008-010-011-014-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 610 PM CDT SUN APR 25 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 164 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT... ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP IN THE JACKSON AREA...LITON THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ACROSS SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. AT 608 PM CDT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING ACROSS SECTIONS OF SCOTT...RANKIN...AND SIMPSON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 SOUTHEAST OF THE JACKSON AIRPORT IN SOUTHEAST RANKIN COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SOME HAIL. MORE STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE JACKSON AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. RESIDENTS NEED TO BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 7:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
MSZALL-250010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 655 PM CDT SUN APR 25 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 164 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT... ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... AT 655 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RUMBLE OVER CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN EAST- CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...IN NEWTON COUNTY...ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF NEWTON. OTHER SCATTERED STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR HOLLY BLUFF... IN YAZOO COUNTY...TO NEAR NOXAPATER...IN WINSTON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. ALSO...IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF MCCOMB...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. << YOU CAN EXPECT ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTAIN SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. OVERALL...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN A DECREASE IN INTENSITY OVER THE LAST HOUR. HOWEVER...SINCE THE COLD FRONT THAT IS PRODUCING THEM IS STILL MOVING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE STATE...YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO REMAIN WEATHER ALERT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD STRENGTHEN AGAIN....OR NEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD EASILY FORM LATER THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 7:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
MSZALL-260130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 735 PM CDT SUN APR 25 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 164 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR A FEW COUNTIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... A FEW COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 164. COUNTIES NO LONGER IN THE WATCH INCLUDE..... ATTALLA CARROLL CHOCTAW HOLMES HUMPHREYS ISSAQUENA LEFLORE MONTGOMERY SHARKEY WARREN WEBSTER YAZOO AT 735 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED ACROSS SECTIONS OF NOXUBEE...KEMPER...LAUDERDALE...NEWTON...NESHOBA AND SCOTT COUNTIES. OTHER ISOLATED STORMS WERE OCCURRING SOUTH OF HOLLY BLUFF... WEST OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS...AND NORTHEAST OF MCCOMB IN SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. BESIDES HEAVY RAIN...YOU CAN EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SOME HAIL. THE AIRMASS APPEARS TO BE STABILIZING...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL PROBABLY NOT BE RE-ISSUED. SCATTERD THUNDERSTORM HOWEVER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AND PRE-DAWN HOURS ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF OF MISSISSIPPI AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 8:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
MSZ003-008-010-011-012-014-2602130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 810 PM CDT SUN APR 25 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 164 FOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 PM CDT...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI TIL 10 PM CDT... AT 810 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INTENSIFIED DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON...5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLORENCE AND 15 MILES EAST OF FLORENCE. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OCCURRING EAST OF MADISON OVER THE ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR...AND FROM RALEIGH TO NEWTON. BESIDES HEAVY RAIN...THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SOME HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WHILE THE STORMS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE SEVERE AT THIS TIME...THEY ARE MOVING THROUGH AIR THAT COULD HELP THEM INTENSIFY EVEN MORE. IF YOU ARE NEAR THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND BE READY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.