Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1987
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 1987, 8:58 AM CST for Jones 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, 8:58 AM CST (14:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 1987, 9:30 AM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones 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, 9:05 AM CST | Tornado F4 | Jones, 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 KMEI 281458 TORMEI MSC067-281530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 858 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 COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...JONES AT 855 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 595 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO..GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER OR A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED 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, 3:57 AM CST, 5 hours 1 minute 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 41 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, 16 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, 8 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, 8:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 37 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.