Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Jun 3, 1987, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)

Expired

Jun 3, 1987, 2:15 PM CDT

In force

24 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

County Bolivar County, MS

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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TTAA00 KJAN 031851
SVRJAN
MSC011-031915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
151 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
          ...SOUTHERN BOLIVAR
 
AT 150 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF CLEVELAND
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR
CLEVELAND AND BOYLE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTEoRIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
105 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1987

          ...THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO INTENSIFY OVER MISSISSIPPI...

WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO IS BEGINNING TO INTERACT WITH
A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI
DELTA THIS AFTERNOON.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING
THE PAST HOUR.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI
DELTA FROM GREENVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEMPHIS...AND ALSO
NEAR THE LOUISIANA-MISSISSIPPI BORDER FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA
TO NEW ORLEANS.  INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20
MILES PER HOUR.

CONTINUED INTENSIFICATION ALONG WITH DEVELOPMENT OF NEW STORMS CAN BE
EXPECTED DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PROBABLY BECOME NUMEROUS AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES.
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IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO OR N.O.-A.A. WEATHER
RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS...OR IN CASE ANY WARNINGS BECOME
NECESSARY.

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

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.