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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Jackson, MS

November 4, 1988Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 4, 1988, 5:59 PM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 1988, 5:59 PM CST (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 1988, 6:45 PM CST
In force
46 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.

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, 4 hours 5 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.
<
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 32 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 37 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, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 4, 4:53 PM CST, 1 hour 6 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, 54 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 2:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes25 min
Nov 4, 2:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo57 min
Nov 4, 2:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Warren33 min
Nov 4, 2:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes27 min
Nov 4, 2:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren51 min
Nov 4, 2:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds48 min
Nov 4, 3:01 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala44 min
Nov 4, 3:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo38 min
Nov 4, 3:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison52 min
Nov 4, 3:36 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds54 min
Nov 4, 3:41 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin49 min
Nov 4, 3:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson31 min
Nov 4, 3:46 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala29 min
Nov 4, 3:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper39 min
Nov 4, 3:58 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith47 min
Nov 4, 4:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence35 min
Nov 4, 4:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper30 min
Nov 4, 4:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis29 min
Nov 4, 4:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin29 min
Nov 4, 4:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis47 min
Nov 4, 5:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson35 min
Nov 4, 5:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin30 min
Nov 4, 5:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke34 min
Nov 4, 5:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones, Wayne27 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.