Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 27, 1994, 6:51 PM CST for Jasper County, Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1994, 6:51 PM CST (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1994, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 280051 TORMEI MSC061-067-280145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 651 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...JASPER COUNTY...JONES COUNTY AT 1845 CST AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE WERE ENTERING JONES COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF STRINGER. A TORNADO IS QUITE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF SOME OF THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. 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. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHE2LTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
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, 2:05 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
MSZ001>082-272130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 205 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON FOR WEST AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS SOUTHEAST OF WOODVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORMD ACROSS SECTIONS OF WILKINSON AND AMITE COUNTIES. A WIDE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED ACROSS THE STATE FROM MERIDIAN TO GREENVILLE. OTHERWISE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SECTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WEST LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT SECTIONS OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DUE TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER...YOU NEED TO KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:08 PM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
MSZ001>082-272130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 205 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON FOR WEST AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS SOUTHEAST OF WOODVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORMD ACROSS SECTIONS OF WILKINSON AND AMITE COUNTIES. A WIDE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED ACROSS THE STATE FROM MERIDIAN TO GREENVILLE. OTHERWISE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SECTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WEST L OUISIANA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT SECTIONS OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DUE TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER...YOU NEED TO KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 3:05 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
MSZ001>082-272230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 305 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON FOR WEST AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED BETWEEN BUDE AND LIBERTY IN NORTHERN AMITE COUNTY. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM. DUE TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER...YOU NEED TO KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 3:10 PM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
MSZ001>082-272230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 305 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON FOR WEST AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED BETWEEN BUDE AND LIBERTY IN NORTHERN AMITE COUNTY. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM. DUE TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER...YOU NEED TO KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 5:00 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
MSZ001>082-280100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 500 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI FROM FAYETTE TO CENTREVILLE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE ALERT AS THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. MOTORISTS HEADING HOME NEED TO AVOID AREAS WHERE HIGH WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 5:03 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
MSZ001>082-280100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 500 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI FROM FAYETTE TO CENTREVILLE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE ALERT AS THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. MOTORISTS HEADING HOME NEED TO AVOID AREAS WHERE HIGH WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 6:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 44 min |
| Jan 27, 6:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 40 min |
| Jan 27, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 30 min |
| Jan 27, 7:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 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.