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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Jackson, MS

March 27, 1994Noxubee County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1994, 3:13 PM CST for Noxubee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1994, 3:13 PM CST (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1994, 3:45 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Noxubee County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1994-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1055 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1994-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 365 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1055 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
399 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
10.2

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The text

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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, Mar 27, 11:27 AM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-271930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1124 AM CST SUN MAR 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41 WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
4OO PM CST...

AT 1122 AM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A 60 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS
AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR EDWARDS MISSISSIPPI TO
NORTHEAST OF TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDESTORMS WERE LOCATED
BETWEEN WALNUT GROVE AND CARTHAGE MISSISSIPPI AND NORTH OF TUSCALOOSA
ALABAMA. ALSO SCATTERED SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED NEAR LAUREL AND WAYNESBORO
MISSISSIPPI AND NEAR BUTLER ALABAMAt. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 1:32 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-ALZ030-051-272130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
131 PM CST SUN MAR 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41 WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM CST...

AT 125 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A 60 MILE WIDE AREA OF RAIN AND
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR
FAYETTE ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR JACKSON
AND NEAR CANTON MISSISSIPPI. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIdONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...
Local storm report, Mar 27, 2:47 PM CST, 26 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 9:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison27 min
Mar 26, 9:42 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake18 min
Mar 26, 9:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston58 min
Mar 27, 10:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin42 min
Mar 27, 11:39 AM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison, Yazoo36 min
Mar 27, 12:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington28 min
Mar 27, 12:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds52 min
Mar 27, 12:35 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Sunflower25 min
Mar 27, 12:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Warren29 min
Mar 27, 12:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeflore36 min
Mar 27, 1:34 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds, Madison41 min
Mar 27, 1:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin46 min
Mar 27, 1:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake39 min
Mar 27, 2:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston42 min
Mar 27, 2:06 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake, Scott39 min
Mar 27, 2:32 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNoxubee43 min
Mar 27, 2:39 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba51 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.