Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 27, 1994, 11:50 AM CST for Lamar County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1994, 11:50 AM CST (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1994, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lamar County, MS, Marion County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 385 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 271752 TORJAN MSC091-073-271830- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1150 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...MARION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...LAMAR COUNTY AT 1150 AM CST RADAR INDIDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES XEAST OF COLUMBIA MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MPH. 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, Jan 27, 7:00 AM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
MSZ001>082-271430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 700 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF NORTH AND WEST MISSISSIPPI TODAY... AT 655 AM CST...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...BETWEEN MEADVILLE AND UNION CHURCH. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS WAS OVER WESTERN YAZOO COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER ALMOST ALL OF MISSISSIPPI...AND EXTENDED INTO EASTERN LOUISIANA AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. EARLY MORNING MOTORISTS WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO RAIN...FOG...AND THUNDERSTORMS. USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS MORNING ON ROADS AND ALLOW MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 7:10 AM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
MSZ001>082-271430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 700 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF NORTH AND WEST MISSISSIPPI TODAY... AT 655 AM CST...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...BETWEEN MEADVILLE AND UNION CHURCH. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS WAS OVER WESTERN YAZOO COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER ALMOST ALL OF MISSISSIPPI...AND EXTENDED INTO EASTERN LOUISIANA AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. EARLY MORNING MOTORISTS WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO RAIN...FOG...AND THUNDERSTORMS. USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS MORNING ON ROADS AND ALLOW MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 11:28 AM CST, 22 minutes before
MSZ066-271830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1128 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 AT 1125 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPI. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 11:28 AM CST, 22 minutes before
MSZ066-271830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1128 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994 AT 1125 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPI. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THIS STORM.
Local storm report, Jan 27, 11:40 AM CST, 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1140 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994
TIME(CST) LOCATION REMARKS
1143 AM HATTIESBURG MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND 55 MPH WINDS
FORREST CO. REPORTED BY HATTIESBURG EOCLocal storm report, Jan 27, 11:42 AM CST, 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1140 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994
TIME(CST) LOCATION REMARKS
1143 AM HATTIESBURG MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND 55 MPH WINDS
FORREST CO. REPORTED BY HATTIESBURG EOCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 12:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 28 min |
| 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, 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 |
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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.