Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1986, 5:55 PM CDT for Copiah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1986, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1986, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Copiah County, MS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 781 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1022 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KJAN 162255
SVRJAN
MSC029-162330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
555 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
..COPIAH
AT 550 PM CDT JACKSON RADAR WAS DETECTING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAZLEHURST IN COPIAH COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM
IS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE, SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND, LARGE HAIL, VERY HEAVY RAIN, AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
410 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986
TIME: EVENT:
215PM PUBLIC REPORTS SMALL HAIL IN NORTHWEST WAYNE COUNTY
MISSISSIPPISpecial weather statement, Jun 16, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 415 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 410 PM CDT...JACKSON RADAR WAS DETECTING SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE FIRST CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM JACKSON SOUTHEAST TO JUST SOUTH OF RALEIGH. THE SECOND CLUSTER WAS JUST SOUTH OF A WOODVILLE...MCCOMB...COLUMBIA LINE. EARLIER...ONE OF THESE STORMS PRODUCED PENNY SIZED HAIL AT BRANDON AT 330PM WITH HAIL THE SIZE OF HALF-DOLLARS AT PICYUNE AROUND 4PM. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE CLUSTERS CONTINUE TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PR,ODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:11 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 510 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1986 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 505 PM CDT...JACKSON RADAR WAS DETECTING SEVERAL INTENSE THUNDER- STORMS NEAR AND WITHIN A 25 MILE RADIUS OF MCCOMB. A COUPLE OF STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING BETWEEN CRYSTAL SPRINGS AND NATCHEZ OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO NOTED OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN YAZOO CITY AND CANTON. ONE INTENSE STORM WAS OCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA 25 MILES NORTH- EAST OF MONROE. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL..BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. Q THESE STORMS WERE STILL DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Wayne | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
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.