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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 1987, 4:10 PM CST for Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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
- Nov 16, 1987, 4:10 PM CST (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 1987, 4:40 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Winston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 4:25 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Winston, 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 412 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 733 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 162210 TORMEI MSC159-162230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 410 PM CST MON NOV 16 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...WINSTON AT 405 PM RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. IF THREAT ENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 8:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Nov 16, 9:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 31 min |
| Nov 16, 11:01 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Warren | 119 min |
| Nov 16, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 30 min |
| Nov 16, 11:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 1:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 44 min |
| Nov 16, 1:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren | 115 min |
| Nov 16, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 44 min |
| Nov 16, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 31 min |
| Nov 16, 2:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 34 min |
| Nov 16, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 28 min |
| Nov 16, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 38 min |
| Nov 16, 3:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Madison | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 3:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 28 min |
| Nov 16, 3:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 36 min |
| Nov 16, 4:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 20 min |
| Nov 16, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 42 min |
| Nov 16, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 42 min |
| Nov 16, 4:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 41 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.