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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1994, 11:39 AM CST for Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1994, 11:39 AM CST (17:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1994, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 KJAN 271741 TORJAN MSC089-163-271815- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1139 AM CST SUN MAR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...MADISON COUNTY...YAZOO COUNTY AT 1139 AM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANTON MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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, Mar 27, 6:51 AM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
MSZ018>022-025>029-032>066-068>074-ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016- 023>026-271400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 645 AM CST SUN MAR 27 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NORTH OF VICKSBURG TO MACON LINE... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN A POSSIBILITY BY AFTERNOON... AT 640AM...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR GREENVILLE TO COFFEEVILLE AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE JUST WEST OF GREENVILLE AND APPROACHING CHARLESTON. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50MPH WITH HEAVY RAINS PROBABLY CAUSING SOME TEMPORARY FLOODING OF STREETS OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. EARLY MORNING COMPUTER INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD HOLD OFF UNTIL AT LEAST MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON. A WARM LAYER OF AIR BETWEEN 4 AND 8 THOUSAND FEET OFF THE GROUND SHOULD EFFECTIVELY KEEP A LID ON SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ONCE THE AIRMASS WARMS UP SEVERAL MORE DEGREES...STORMS WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO FORM AND WITH THE HELP OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE CENTER FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS...SOME OF THE STORMS COULD THEN BECOME SEVERE. RESIDENTS OF THE MAGNOLIA STATE SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH LATER INFORMATION THIS MORNING AS SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 11:27 AM CST, 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.
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, 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, 2:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 51 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.