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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Jackson, MS

March 9, 1994Forrest County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 1994, 10:26 AM CST for Forrest County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 1994, 10:26 AM CST (16:26 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 1994, 11:00 AM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Forrest County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 504 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 091628
TORJAN
MSC035-091700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1026 AM CST WED MAR 9 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...FORREST COUNTY
 
A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR PURVIS AT 1026 AM CST. THE TORNADO
WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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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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 9, 9:22 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

MSZ038-039-045-046-051-052-057-058-066-067-091615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
919 AM CST WED MAR 9 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 27 WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT NESHOBA WINSTON AND NOXUBEE COUNTIES REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST...

AT 915 AM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH
ISOLATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 90 MILES WIDE FROM NEAR POPLARVILLE
MISSISSIPPI TO FOREST MISSISSIPPI TO TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BAY SPRINGS AND SOUTH OF NEWTON
MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH WHILE THE
AREA OF RAIN AND STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD A
WARNING BE ISSUED.

Local storm report, Mar 9, 9:55 AM CST, 31 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
945 AM CST WED FEB 9 1994

TIME(CST)       LOCATION          REMARKS
804 AM       PERCY QUINN STATE    TREES BLOWN DOWN.  REPORT FROM
             PARK bNEAR MCCOMB     BROOKHAVEN MHP.
             PIKE COUNTY

810 AM       EAST OF MCCOMB       2 INJURIES IN TRAILER PARK
             ON HWY 98            FROM WIND DAMAGE.  REPORT
             PIKE COUNTY          FROM PIKE COUNTY CD.

Local storm report, Mar 9, 10:18 AM CST, 8 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1000 AM CST WED MARCH 9 1994
TIME          EVENT              LOCATION
9:55 AM CST   STRONG WIND        JASPER COUNTY 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOSS MS.
                                 WINDS ESTIMATED NEAR 65 MILES AN HOUR.
                                 VEHICLES MOVING TO SIDE OF ROAD AND
                                 STOPPING TO AVOID WIND.  REPORTED BY
                                 JASPER CD.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 7:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Pike	48 min
Mar 9, 8:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence, Lincoln	48 min
Mar 9, 8:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	34 min
Mar 9, 8:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	34 min
Mar 9, 9:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones	51 min
Mar 9, 9:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	51 min
Mar 9, 9:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion, Walthall	31 min
Mar 9, 10:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	35 min
Mar 9, 10:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	53 min
Mar 9, 10:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lamar	39 min
Mar 9, 11:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones, Wayne	66 min
Mar 9, 11:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	45 min
Mar 9, 11:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	53 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.