Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 1986, 4:23 PM CST for Holmes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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
- Mar 18, 1986, 4:23 PM CST (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 1986, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Holmes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Holmes, 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 12:00Z, 10.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 450 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 182223 TORJAN MSC051-182300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 423 PM CST TUE MAR 18 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...HOLMES AT 420 PM CST JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR LEXINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO..GO TO A BASEMENT OR A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING. STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN ITS PATCH SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
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 18, 3:49 PM CST, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
350 PM CST TUE MAR 18 1986
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NR 47 WHICH INCLUDES WINSTON..NESHOBA..
JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST.
AT 330 PM CST RADAR SHOWED NO THUNDERSTORMS IN EITHER EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI OR EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. HOWEVER THERE ARE
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ..SOME SEVERE..IN WEST MISSISSIPPI. THIS
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EASTWARD. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE
THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING.
PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
SHOULD BEGIN NOW TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER.
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[Special weather statement, Mar 18, 3:55 PM CST, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 355 PM CST TUE MAR 18 196 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM FOR SHARKEY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE STORM HAS NOW MOVED INTO WESTERN YAZOO COUNTY AND APPEARS TO BE BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTE&RN MISSISSIPPI. THE LINE STRETCHED FROM BELZONI TO VICKSBURG TO NEAR NATCHEZ. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN COUNTIES JUST TO THE EAST OF THE LINE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR STRONG WINDS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS.
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 4:20 PM CST, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
420 PM CST TUE MAR 18 1986
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO.47 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 PM CST...
AT 415 PM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING FROM EAST OF WATER VALLEY TO
SOUTHWEST OF BLUE MOUNTAIN. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURING
FROM NORTH OF YAZOO CITY TO NORTHWEST OF GRANADA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS A PAST HISTORY OF CAUSING PEA
SIZE HAIL
HEAVY RAINS AND HIGH WINDS. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE
HAIL.
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
MORNING. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT
AND STAY TUNED TFO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO AND THE WEATHER RADIO FOR
CONTINUED IMFORMATION.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 59 min |
| Mar 18, 2:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 59 min |
| Mar 18, 2:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 55 min |
| Mar 18, 3:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 5:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 58 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.