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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 1987, 8:53 AM CST for Scott County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 1987, 8:53 AM CST (14:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 1987, 9:30 AM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 281458 COR
TORJAN
MSC123-129-281530-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
853 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
...SOUTHERN SCOTT...SMITH
AT 851 AM...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED WAS 10 MILE NORTHWEST OF
RALEIGH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH 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 CU;SHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.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, 3:57 AM CST, 4 hours 56 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 36 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.
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 8:42 AM CST, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 840 AM CST SAT FEB 28 1987 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 22 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. AT 830 AM CST RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST JASPER AND JONES COUNTIES. THESE STORMS SRE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50-55 MILES AN HOUR. EVERYONE SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDER#- STORMS AND FLASH FLOODING AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 8:50 AM CST, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 840 AM CST SAT FEB 28 1987 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 22 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WHICH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT. AT 830 AM CST RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST JASPER AND JONES COUNTIES. THESE STORMS SRE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50-55 MILES AN HOUR. EVERYONE SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBI0LITY OF SEVERE THUNDER- STORMS AND FLASH FLOODING AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.
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, 8:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 32 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
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.