Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1994, 12:17 AM CST for Warren County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1994, 12:17 AM CST (06:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1994, 12:45 AM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 270619 RRA SVRJAN MSC149-270645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1217 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...WARREN COUNTY AT 1215AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS WAS CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM EAGLE LAKE AND VICKSBURG SOUTHWARD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. <
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jan 26, 10:40 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
MSZ001>082-270600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1040 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TOWARD WESTERN MISSISSIPPI... AT 1030 PM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA BETWEEN VIXEN AND WINFIELD. OTHERWISE RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN WHICH EXTENDED FROM THE NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL MOVE OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS AS THE STORMS OVER LOUISIANA MOVES INTO THE STATE. PERSONS IN MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE WEATHER ALERT FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENT.
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 10:44 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
MSZ001>082-270600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1040 PM CST THU JAN 20 1994 ...STRONG THUDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TOWARD WESTERN MISSISSIPPI... AT 1030 PM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA BETWEEN VIXEN AND WINFIELD. OTHERWISE RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN WHICH EXTENDED FROM THE NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL MOVE OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS AS THE STORMS OVER LOUISIANA MOVES INTO THE STATE. PERSONS IN MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE WEATHER ALERT FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENT. WATCH FOR ICY SPOTS ON SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PAVED SURFACES.
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 10:45 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
MSZ001>082-270600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1040 PM CST THU JAN 20 1994 ...STRONG THUDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TOWARD WESTERN MISSISSIPPI... AT 1030 PM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA BETWEEN VIXEN AND WINFIELD. OTHERWISE RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN WHICH EXTENDED FROM THE NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL MOVE OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS AS THE STORMS OVER LOUISIANA MOVES INTO THE STATE. PERSONS IN MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE WEATHER ALERT FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENT.
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 10:46 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
MSZ001>082-270600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1040 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TOWARD WESTERN MISSISSIPPI... AT 1030 PM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA BETWEEN VIXEN AND WINFIELD. OTHERWISE RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN WHICH EXTENDED FROM THE NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL MOVE OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS AS THE STORMS OVER LOUISIANA MOVES INTO THE STATE. PERSONS IN MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE WEATHER ALERT FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENT.
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 11:50 PM CST, 27 minutes before
MSZ001>082-270700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1150 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUDERSTORMS APPROACHING WEST MISSISSIPPI... AT 1145 PM A SHORT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA FROM DELHI TO 20 MILES WEST OF PORT GIBSON. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CROSS THE RIVER INTO WARREN AND ISSAQUENA COUNTIES AROUND 1215 AM. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MILES AN HOUR...HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE WESTERN QUARTER OF MISSISSIPPI. PERSONS IN WEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 11:55 PM CST, 22 minutes before
MSZ001>082-270700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1150 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUDERSTORMS APPROACHING WEST MISSISSIPPI... AT 1145 PM A SHORT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA FROM DELHI TO 20 MILES WEST OF PORT GIBSON. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CROSS THE RIVER INTO WARREN AND ISSAQUENA COUNTIES AROUND 1215 AM. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MILES AN HOUR...HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE WESTERNp QUARTER OF MISSISSIPPI. PERSONS IN WEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 7:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 8:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 8:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 8:56 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 8:56 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 10:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion, Walthall | 45 min |
| Jan 27, 10:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 40 min |
| Jan 27, 11:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Walthall | 42 min |
| Jan 27, 11:07 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Pike, Walthall | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 11:07 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Amite | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 11:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 42 min |
| Jan 27, 11:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 11:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 30 min |
| Jan 27, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 40 min |
| Jan 27, 12:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jan 27, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jan 27, 4:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Wilkinson | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Amite, Pike | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Walthall | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 5:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 5:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jan 27, 5:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.