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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Jackson, MS

November 14, 1993Leake County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 1993, 5:31 PM CST for Leake County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 14, 1993, 5:31 PM CST (23:31 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 1993, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Leake County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 142332
TORJAN
MSC079-150000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
531 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...EASTERN LEAKE COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM CST A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS STILL INDCIATED IN EASTERN LEAKE
COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF EDINBURG MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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.
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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, 3:11 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-142215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
311 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 944 WHICH INCLUDES WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST...

AT 308 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
IN AN AREA 50 MILES WIDE FROM NEAR STARKVILLE MISSISSIPPI SOUTHWARD TO
NEAR LAUREL. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF
DEKALB MISSSSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35
H
PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD
THREATENING WEATHER OCCUR.

Special weather statement, Nov 14, 3:12 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-142215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
311 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 944 WHICH INCLUDES WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST...

AT 308 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
IN AN AREA 50 MILES WIDE FROM NEAR STARKVILLE MISSISSIPPI SOUTHWARD TO
NEAR LAUREL. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF
DEKALB MISSSSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35
H
PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD
THREATENING WEATHER OCCUR.

Special weather statement, Nov 14, 4:14 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

MSZALL-142330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
415 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993

...TORNADO WATCH 944 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
   ...WEST OF A WATER VALLEY TO GREENWOOD TO EDEN LINE.
...TORNADO WATCH 945 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
   MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7PM...

AT 410PM CST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST INTO
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY FROM CALHOUN CITY TO CANTON TO
WOODVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CANTON.

INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE
THE LINE OF STORMS WAS PUSHING EAST 20 MILES AN HOUR.

ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR CAUSING EXTREMELY HEAVY
RAIN...IN ADDITION TO WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

Special weather statement, Nov 14, 4:15 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

MSZALL-142330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
415 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993

...TORNADO WATCH 944 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
   ...WEST OF A WATER VALLEY TO GREENWOOD TO EDEN LINE.
...TORNADO WATCH 945 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
   MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7PM...

AT 410PM CST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST INTO
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY FROM CALHOUN CITY TO CANTON TO
WOODVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CANTON.

INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE
THE LINE OF STORMS WAS PUSHING EAST 20 MILES AN HOUR.

ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR CAUSING EXTREMELY HEAVY
RAIN...IN ADDITION TO WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

Special weather statement, Nov 14, 4:45 PM CST, 46 minutes before

MSZALL-142330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
445 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993

...TORNADO WATCH 945 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL 7PM...

AT 440PM CST...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...OVER PORTIONS OF HINDS...RANKIN AND MADISON
COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF BRANDON AND JUST SOUTH OF MADISON. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING...WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL
BE IN THE LOCAL VICINITY UNTIL AT LEAST 530 PM.

Special weather statement, Nov 14, 4:45 PM CST, 46 minutes before

MSZALL-142330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
445 PM CST SUN NOV 14 1993

...TORNADO WATCH 945 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
   UNTIL 7PM...

AT 440PM CST...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...OVER PORTIONS OF HINDS...RANKIN AND MADISON
COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF BRANDON AND JUST SOUTH OF MADISON. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING...WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL
BE IN THE LOCAL VICINITY UNTIL AT LEAST 530 PM.

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, 1:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey, Washington	32 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, 5:51 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.