Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 67, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2000, 8:01 PM CDT for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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
- May 27, 2000, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Holmes County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Durant, MS | Several large limbs 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 2184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
160 WFUS54 KJAN 280102 TORJAN MSC051-280130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 801 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF YAZOO CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL MAINLY AFFECT SMALLER COMMUNITIES AND RURAL AREAS. THIS TORNADO IS WRAPPED IN RAIN - IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER NOW 82
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 45 min |
| May 27, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 24 min |
| May 27, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 24 min |
| May 27, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 59 min |
| May 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Holmes, Yazoo | 43 min |
| May 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 43 min |
| May 27, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 26 min |
| May 27, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 49 min |
| May 27, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 49 min |
| May 27, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 46 min |
| May 27, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 34 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.