Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 1986, 5:26 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 1986, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1986, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 791 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 102226 TORMEI MSC153-102300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 526 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...WAYNE AT AT 520 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN EASTERN JONES COUNTY MOVING TOWARD WAYNE COUNTY MISSISSICPPI. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED STRONG WINDS AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO. EVERYONE INTHE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY...
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, Aug 10, 3:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 309PM CDT SUN AUG 10 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING NORTHCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS LOCATED FROM SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE SOUTHWEST ACROSS LAFAYETTE COUNTY INTO THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA. THIS LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IN ADVANCE OF THIS LINE..TWO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING 5 MILES NORTH OF OXFORD AND IN THE NORT<HWEST CORNER OF PONTOTOC COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS..SMALL HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 3:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
340 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 1986
...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING OVER MISSISSIPPI...
AT 340 PM..JACKSON RADAR WAS DETECTING THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS
MISSISSIPPI. STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN TWO AREAS.
ONE CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG STORMS WAS SITUATED BETWEEN MCCOMB AND
LAUREL. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE 40 TO 50 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS
AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MILES PER HOUR.
OTHER VERY STRONG STORMS WERE IN A SCATTERED LINE FROM OXFORD TO
GREENVILLE. ONE OF THESE STORMS PRODUCED A FUNNEL CLOUD..AND A
TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY FROM 3R30
UNTIL 4 OCLOCK.
PERSONS NEAR THESE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE
QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING.Special weather statement, Aug 10, 3:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
340 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 1986
...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING OVER MISSISSIPPI...
AT 340 PM..JACKSON RADAR WAS DETECTING THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS
MISSISSIPPI. STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN TWO AREAS.
ONE CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG STORMS WAS SITUATED BETWEEN MCCOMB AND
LAUREL. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE 40 TO 50 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS
AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MILES PER HOUR.
OTHER VERY STRONG STORMS WERE IN A SCATTERED LINE FROM OXFORD TO
GREENVILLE. ONE OF THESE STORMS PRODUCED A FUNNEL CLOUD..AND A
TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY FROM 330
UNTIL 4 SOCLOCK. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MILES PER HOUR.
PERSONS NEAR THESE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE
QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING.Special weather statement, Aug 10, 4:38 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 440 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... AT 440 PM..JACKSON RADAR WAS DETECTING THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN TWO AREAS. ONE CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG STORMS WAS SITUATED BETWEEN HATTIESBURG AND COLUMBIA..MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL FROM THESE STORMS. A SHORT LINE OF VERY STRONG STORMS WAS ALSO INDICATED OVER THE DELTA FROM OXFORD TO JUST WEST OF GREENWOOD. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING GENERALLY TO THE EAS T AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. PEOPLE NEAR THESE STRONGER STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:08 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 505 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE OVER MISSISSIPPI... AT 505 PM..JACKSON RADAR WAS DETECTING NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN THREE DIFFERENT AREAS. A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG STORMS WAS SITUATED FROM NEAR LAUREL TO HATTIESBURG TO WIGGINS. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL DURING THE PAST HOUR. OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SITUATED FROM NEAR GREENWOOD TO ROLLING FORK..WHILE A THIRD AREA OF STORMS WAS CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN FROM JACKSON TO EDWARDS. ANY OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIN3D GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR ALONG WITH HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. ALL PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 60 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.