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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

January 27, 1994Copiah County, Lawrence County, Simpson County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 27, 1994, 5:43 PM CST for Copiah County, Lawrence County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 1994, 5:43 PM CST (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 1994, 6:15 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Copiah County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Simpson County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 27, 5:55 PM CSTTornado F0Monticello, MSTwo mobile homes were damaged and one barn destroyed. Several trees were blown down.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1994-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 234 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1994-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 306 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 272344
TORJAN
MSC029-127-077-280015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
543 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...COPIAH COUNTY...SIMPSON COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
AT 543 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WESSON MISSISSIPPI MOVING EAST AT 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.$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 12:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren28 min
Jan 27, 7:27 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams3 hr
Jan 27, 8:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin3 hr
Jan 27, 8:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANWarren3 hr
Jan 27, 8:56 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln3 hr
Jan 27, 8:56 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLawrence3 hr
Jan 27, 10:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion, Walthall45 min
Jan 27, 10:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar40 min
Jan 27, 11:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWalthall42 min
Jan 27, 11:07 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANPike, Walthall3 hr
Jan 27, 11:07 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAmite3 hr
Jan 27, 11:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest42 min
Jan 27, 11:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANMarion3 hr
Jan 27, 11:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion30 min
Jan 27, 11:50 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar, Marion40 min
Jan 27, 12:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln30 min
Jan 27, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln45 min
Jan 27, 4:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAdams, Franklin, Wilkinson3 hr
Jan 27, 4:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANAmite, Pike3 hr
Jan 27, 4:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANClaiborne3 hr
Jan 27, 4:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Walthall3 hr
Jan 27, 5:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCopiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson3 hr
Jan 27, 5:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANWarren3 hr
Jan 27, 5:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.