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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1994, 2:39 PM CST for Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1994, 2:39 PM CST (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1994, 3:30 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Neshoba County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 358 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 272041 TORMEI MSC099-272130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 239 PM CST SUN MAR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NESHOBA COUNTY AT 2:40 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR PHILADELPHIA MISSISSIPPI MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT F45 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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, Mar 27, 11:27 AM CST, 3 hours 12 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 7 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...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 9:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 27 min |
| Mar 26, 9:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 18 min |
| Mar 26, 9:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 58 min |
| Mar 27, 10:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 11:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 12:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 12:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 12:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 12:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 29 min |
| Mar 27, 12:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 1:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 1:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 1:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 2:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 2:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 2:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 3:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 32 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.