Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 17, 1986, 8:47 PM CST for Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
- Feb 17, 1986, 8:47 PM CST (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 1986, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Winston County, MS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 9:15 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Winston, MS |
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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 2739 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 929 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 13.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 180247 SVRMEI MSC159-180330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 847 PM CST MON FEB 17 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...WINSTON AT 843 PM CST RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL SEVERE STORMS ABOUT 8 TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE MISSISSIPPI. +THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM THAT ALREADY HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER. PERSONS IN THE THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
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
Special weather statement, Feb 17, 3:13 PM CST, 5 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
315 PM CST MON FEB 17 1986
...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN STRENGTH OVER EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
AT 310 PM CST RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA.
THE HEAVIEST STORM IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WAS IN CLARKE
COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTH OF QUITMAN. OTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
WERE 15 MILES SOUTH OF HATIESBURG AND OVER EASTERN PARTS OF KEMPER
COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INCREASED IN STRENGTH AND AREA COVERAGE
SINCE THE LAST HOUR AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
HLocal storm report, Feb 17, 3:59 PM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 358 PM CST MON FEB 17 1986 MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HALL 10 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE NEAR HIGHWAY 15 AT 345 PM CST.
Local storm report, Feb 17, 5:47 PM CST, 3 hours before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
545 PM CST MON FEB 17 1986
250 PM CST...BOLIVAR CD REPORTS MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT ROSEDALE.
320 PM CST...BOLIVAR CD REPORTS MARBLE SIZE AT DUNCAN.
330 PM CST...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED 3 MILES SW OF CLEVELAND
BY BOLIVAR CD.
400 PM CST...RULEVILLE PD REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL JUST NORTH OF TOWN.
405 PM CST...SUNFLOWER CD REPORTS PEA SIZE HAIL AT DREW.
425 PM CST...GREENWOOD-LEFLORE CD REPORTS MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR
MINTER CITY.
435 PM CST...GRENADA CD REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT INTERSECTION OF
I-55 AND HWY 7 IN NORTHERN GRENADA COUNTY.
450 PM CST...YALOBUSHA CD REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL AT COFFEEVILLE.
500 PM CST...GRENADA CD REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR SAME LOCATION AS
IN EARLIER REPORT AT 435 PM CST.
505 PM CST...GREENWOOD-LEFLORE CD REPORTS MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR MONEY..
AND MARBLE TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 5 SW OF MINTER CITY. <<Special weather statement, Feb 17, 6:25 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 620 PM CST MON FEB 17 1986 THUNDERSHOWERS STARTED DEVELOPING IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY AROUND 600 PM AND BY 615 PM RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS FROM NEAR BASIC CITY TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEY FIELD TO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF KEY FIELD. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS SHOULD MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. AFTER THEY HAVE BECOME FULLY DEVELOPED. RESIDENTS OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MERIDIAN... SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER FOR THE NEXT 30 TO 40 MINUTES.
Local storm report, Feb 17, 8:13 PM CST, 34 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
810 PM CST MON FEB 17 1986
MORE STORM REPORTS RECEIVED AT THE JACKSON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE SINCE 545 PM CST....
550 PM CST...GRENADA CD REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL IN GRENADA
610 PM CST...WARREN SO REPORTS 20 MINUTES OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT
EAGLE LAKE IN NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY.
640 PM CST...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT SUNFLOWER.
650 PM CST...MARBLE SIZE HAIL 2 MILES NORTH OF VICKSBURG.
725 PM CST...MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT BYRAM.
736 PM CST...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT RICHLAND.
740 PM CST...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT PEARL.
745 PM CST...3/4 TO ONE INCH SIZE HAIL AT CROSSGATES IN BRANDON.
748 PM CST...3/4 INCH HAIL AT RESERVOIR S UBRDIVISION.
749 PM CST...3/4 TO ONE INCH SIZE HAIL AT RESERVOIR SUBDIVISION.
750 PM CST...MARBLE SIZE HAIL NORTH OF BRANDON.
753 PM CST...ONE AND ONE-QUARTER IMCH HAIL AT RESERVOIR SUBDIVISION.
805 PM CST...MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT FLORA.Special weather statement, Feb 17, 8:16 PM CST, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 810 PM CST MON FEB 17 1986 AT 808 PM CST RADAR SHOWED A 50 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR FLORA MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR FULTON MISSISSIPPI. THE EASTERN EDGE OF THIS AREA HAD MOVED INTO NORTHWEST WINSTON COUNTY AND THERE WAS A STORM ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL RANGING FROM PEA SIZED TO GOLF BALL SIZED...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING DURING THE LAST TWO TO THREE HOURS. ALSO SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR TH E POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE NEXT ONE TO FOUR HOURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 40 min |
| Feb 17, 7:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 40 min |
| Feb 17, 8:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 37 min |
| Feb 17, 9:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 40 min |
| Feb 17, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 25 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.