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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Jackson, MS

March 12, 1988Jones County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 1988, 6:35 PM CST for Jones County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports 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: Mar 12, 1988, 6:35 PM CST (00:35 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 1988, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

Counties Jones County, MS, 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
Mar 12, 6:40 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Jones, MS
Mar 12, 6:40 PM CST	Hail 0.75	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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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

Special weather statement, Mar 12, 5:05 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
500 PM CST SAT MAR 12 1988

 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 18 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR LAUDERDALE AND CLARKE COUNTIES
MISSISSIPPI IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST.

ALL OTHER WARNINGS FOR EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST
CENTRAL ALABAMA HAVE EXPIRED AND ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

AT 500 PM CST A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN TO 20 MILES
WEST OF LAUREL MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN LAUDERDALE AND CLARKE
COUNTIES MISSISSIPPI.
PERSONS SOUTHEATST OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD NOW BE VERY
ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AS SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

Local storm report, Mar 12, 5:10 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 
508 PM CST SAT MAR 12 1988

507 PM CST CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTH
OF QUITMAN MISSISSIPPI.

Special weather statement, Mar 12, 5:34 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before

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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.