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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS

March 17, 1987Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 17, 1987, 5:44 PM CST for Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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 17, 1987, 5:44 PM CST (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 1987, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hinds County, MS, Rankin 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 17, 6:05 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 12 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 275 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 172344
TORJAN
MSC049-121-180015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
544 PM CST TUE MAR 17 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
          ...EASTERN HINDS...WESTERN RANKIN
 
AT 545 PM JACKSON RADAR WAS DETECTING A TORNADO ALONG THE HIND-RANKIN
COUNTY LINE...MOVING GENERALLY NORTHWARD UP THE PEARL RIVER TOWARD
JACKSON.  WITH ITS PRESENT MOVEMENT...THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE INTO THE
JACKSON METROPOLITAN AREA DURING THE NEXT 15 TO 30 MINUTES.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBoENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 17, 3:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	26 min
Mar 17, 4:31 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Warren	119 min
Mar 17, 4:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne	25 min
Mar 17, 4:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Hinds	28 min
Mar 17, 5:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	30 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.