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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1988, 3:42 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 9, 1988, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1988, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:50 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Wayne, 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMEI 092043
SVRMEI
MSC153-092130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
342 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...WAYNE
AT 340 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
WEST OF WAYNESBORO MISSISSIPPI MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME :OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 9, 12:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1120 AM CDT THU JUN 9 1988 DELAYED STORM REPORT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON 06/07/88 TREES DOWN AND SOME ROOF DAMAGE NEAR YANTLEY ALABAMA...CHOCTAW VCOUNTY. TIME OF EVEN UNCERTIAN ESTIMATED TO BE 300 PM - 500 PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wayne | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Pike, Walthall | 50 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.