Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 19, 1987, 5:07 PM CST for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 min. 3 reports 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
- Dec 19, 1987, 5:07 PM CST (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 1987, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hinds 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 5:20 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hinds, MS | |
| Dec 19, 5:20 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hinds, MS | |
| Dec 19, 5:20 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hinds, 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 289 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
- 3588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 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 KJAN 192307
SVRJAN
MSC049-192330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
507 PM CST SAT DEC 19 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...HINDS
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF UTICA...MISSISSIPPI.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH AND SHOULD BE JUST
SOUTHWEST OF RAYMOND AT 530 PM CST.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
H#AS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.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, Dec 19, 1:45 PM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
145 PM CST SAT DEC 19 1987
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF MISSISSIPPI...
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN TEXAS THIS MORNING
AND HAS BEEN RACING EASTWARD AT 50 TO 60 MPH DURING THE DAY. THIS
LINE HAS NOW MOVED INTO WESTERN LOUISIANA. IF THE LINE CONTINUES
AT ITS PRESENT MOVEMENT...IT WILL NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AROUND
500 OR 600 PM.
THE ATMOSPHERE IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE UNSTABLE AND THIS MEANS
THE LINE OF STORMS WILL PROBABLY HOLD TOGETHER AS IT MOVES THROUGH
MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING.
AS THE LINE MOVES THROUGH...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH EVEN HIGHER GUSTS< POSSIBLE.
IF THE LINE CONTINUES STRONG...A WATCH MAY EVEN BECOME NECESSARY.
INTERESTS IN MISSISSIPPI SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.Special weather statement, Dec 19, 3:26 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
330 PM CST SAT DEC 19 1987
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEARING MISSISSIPPI...
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN LOUISIANA IS RACING EASTWARD
TOWARD MISSISSIPPI AT 55 TO 60 MPH. THE LINE IS EXPECTED TO NEAR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN 430 AND 500 PM.
THE ATMOSPHERE IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE UNSTABLE AND THIS MEANS
THE LINE OF STORMS WILL PROBABLY HOLD TOGETHER AS IT MOVES THROUGH
MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING.
AS THE LINE MOVES THROUGH...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH EVEN HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE.
IF THE LINE CONTINUES STRONG...A WATCH MAY EVEN BECOME NECESSARY
FOR PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI.
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ALL INTERESTS IN MISSISSIPPI SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 40 min |
| Dec 19, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 40 min |
| Dec 19, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 34 min |
| Dec 19, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 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.