Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 4, 1988, 5:48 PM CST for Jones County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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 4, 1988, 5:48 PM CST (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 4, 1988, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 6:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
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, Nov 4, 1:54 PM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
150 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1988
...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING RAPIDLY OVER MISSISSIPPI...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PLAIN STATES AND A COLD FRONT ARE
MOVING EASTWARD TOWARD MISSISSIPPI. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO
WESTERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT...BUT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY
DEVELOPED IN A BAND FROM NEAR VICKSBURG TO OXFORD.
AT 140 PM...ONE OF THESE STORMS PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AT
WINONA IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME OF THE STORMS LIKELY BECOMING SEVERE. A TORNADO
WATCH NOW COVERS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 700 PM AND
OTHER WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR OTHER PORTIONS OF THE STATE
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WANTS MISSISSIPPIANS TO BE AWARE OF
THE THREATENING WEATHER SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PEOPLE
ARE URGED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.Special weather statement, Nov 4, 3:27 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 325 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1988 TORNADO WATCHS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI AND PARTS OF ALABAMA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME OF THIS EVENING. THESE WATCHS INCLUDE ALL COUNITES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND SUMTER COUNTY IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. AT 320 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG AND 60 MILES NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PRENTISS TO CARTHAGE MISSISSIPPI TO TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NUMEROUS SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. <<
Local storm report, Nov 4, 4:22 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
420 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1988
417 PM CST. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN DEKALB MISSISSIPPI REPORTED
BY KEMPER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.Special weather statement, Nov 4, 4:50 PM CST, 58 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Nov 4, 4:53 PM CST, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 550 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1988 TORNADO WATCHS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI AND PARTS OF ALABAMA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME OF THIS EVENING. TORNADO WARNING FOR KEMPER COUNTY IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM C AT 545 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG AND 60 MILES NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PURVIS TO QUITMAN MISSISSIPPI TO BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NUMEROUS SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. <<
Special weather statement, Nov 4, 5:05 PM CST, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 503 PM CST FRI NOV 4 1988 TORNADO WATCHS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI AND PARTS OF ALABAMA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME OF THIS EVENING. TORNADO WARNING FOR KEMPER COUNTY EXPIRED AT 500 PM CST. AT 500 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG AND 60 MILES NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PURVIS TO SHUBUTA MISSISSIPPI TO BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NUMEROUS SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 25 min |
| Nov 4, 2:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 57 min |
| Nov 4, 2:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 33 min |
| Nov 4, 2:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 27 min |
| Nov 4, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 51 min |
| Nov 4, 2:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 48 min |
| Nov 4, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 44 min |
| Nov 4, 3:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 38 min |
| Nov 4, 3:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 52 min |
| Nov 4, 3:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 54 min |
| Nov 4, 3:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 49 min |
| Nov 4, 3:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 31 min |
| Nov 4, 3:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 29 min |
| Nov 4, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 39 min |
| Nov 4, 3:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 47 min |
| Nov 4, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 35 min |
| Nov 4, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 30 min |
| Nov 4, 4:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 29 min |
| Nov 4, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 29 min |
| Nov 4, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 47 min |
| Nov 4, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 35 min |
| Nov 4, 5:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 30 min |
| Nov 4, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 34 min |
| Nov 4, 5:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988
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.