Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 1993, 1:58 PM CST for Humphreys County, Sharkey County, Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 1993, 1:58 PM CST (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 1993, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Humphreys County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Washington County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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
- 1454 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 142000 TORJAN MSC151-053-125-142030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 158 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...HUMPHREYS COUNTY...NORTHERN SHARKEY COUNTY AT 155 PM...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PANTHER BURN IN NORTHERN SHARKEY COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF HOLLANDALE AND ISOLA DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. IF THE STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. 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
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 12:06 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
MSZALL-141900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1200 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 12:06 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
MSZALL-141900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1200 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 1:01 PM CST, 57 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 101 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 944 WHICH INCLUDES WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 100 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTEREC!J_CPN VRY LGT WR//=
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 1:05 PM CST, 53 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 101 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 944 WHICH INCLUDES WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 100 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OCCURRING IN AN AREA 40 MILES WIDE FROM NEAR LOUISVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR LAUREL. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 1:45 PM CST, 13 minutes before
MSZALL-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 145 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH 944 IS IN EFFECT IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 600 PM... ...TORNADO WATCH 945 IN IN EFFECT IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7 PM... AT 140 PM CST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF NATCHEZ TO ROLLING FORK TO GREENWOOD TO TUTWILER. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MAYERSVILLE IN NORTH ISSAQUENA COUNTY AND NEAR GLEN ALLAN IN SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR CAUSING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN FOR A BRIEF TIME...IN ADDITION TO GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. MOST STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 45 MILES AN NOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 1:45 PM CST, 13 minutes before
MSZALL-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 145 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH 944 IS IN EFFECT IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 600 PM... ...TORNADO WATCH 945 IN IN EFFECT IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7 PM... AT 140 PM CST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF NATCHEZ TO ROLLING FORK TO GREENWOOD TO TUTWILER. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MAYERSVILLE IN NORTH ISSAQUENA COUNTY AND NEAR GLEN ALLAN IN SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR CAUSING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN FOR A BRIEF TIME...IN ADDITION TO GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. MOST STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 45 MILES AN NOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 12:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 26 min |
| Nov 14, 1:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 36 min |
| Nov 14, 2:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Leflore | 59 min |
| Nov 14, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 48 min |
| Nov 14, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 53 min |
| Nov 14, 4:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 44 min |
| Nov 14, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 44 min |
| Nov 14, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 29 min |
| Nov 14, 5:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 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.