Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1987
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 1987, 8:28 AM CST for Rankin County, Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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
- Feb 28, 1987, 8:28 AM CST (14:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 1987, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Rankin County, MS, Simpson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 8:45 AM CST | Tornado F0 | Rankin, 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KJAN 281428
TORJAN
MSC121-127-281530-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
828 AM CST SAT FEB 28 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...RANKIN...NORTHWESTERN SIMPSON
AT 830 AM CST A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST
OF FLORENCE. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO
WILL MOVE BETWEEN BRANDON AND PELAHATCHIE IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A CONCRETE OR
BRICK BUILDING.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, Feb 28, 2:48 AM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 245 AM CST SAT FEB 28 1987 AT 245 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF VICKSBURG IN WARREN COUNTY AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF HOLLY BLUFF. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN WARREN COUNTY. THEY WERE PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM GREENWOOD TO WINNSBORO LOUISIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTZHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHT RAIN WERE OCCURRING OVER WEST AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 3:57 AM CST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 345 AM CST SAT FEB 28 1987 AT 345 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL INDICATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YAZOO CITY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE DELTA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. SOME OF THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN GREENVILLE AND PHILADELPHIA...NORTH OF VICKSBURG AND 20 MILES WEST OF MCCOMB. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHT RAIN WERE OCCURRING OVER WEST AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 7:17 AM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 735 AM CST SAT FEB 28 1987 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 22 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. AT 713 RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE RADAR INDICATED ONLY SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 3:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 8:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 8:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 9:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 9:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Wayne | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 9:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Feb 28, 10:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 34 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1987Every tornado warning in 1987Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.