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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Jackson, MS

May 22, 1987Leflore County, Sunflower County, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1987, 2:10 PM CDT for Leflore County, Sunflower County, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr. 2 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
May 22, 1987, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 1987, 4:35 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Leflore County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 22, 3:25 PM CDTHail 1Sunflower, MS
May 22, 4:25 PM CDTHail 1Sunflower, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale40 min
May 21, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster17 min
May 22, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

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.