Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1988, 4:49 AM CST for Simpson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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 26, 1988, 4:49 AM CST (10:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 1988, 5:12 AM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Simpson 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 26, 4:50 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Simpson, MS | |
| Mar 26, 5:00 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Simpson, 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 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 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 KJAN 261049
SVRJAN
MSC127-031-065-261130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
449 AM CST SAT MAR 26 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...SIMPSON
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...COVINGTON...NORTHERN JEFFERSON.DAVIS
JACKSON RADAR WAS DETECTING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN PINOLA AND
MAGEE. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH IN
THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF COLLINS.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAN
D BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.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 26, 2:58 AM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 255 AM CST SAT MAR 26 1988 AT 255 AM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF RAYMOND IN HINDS COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE...TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY PEA SIZED HAIL. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS STORM IS THE RAINFALL. THIS LARGE STORM WILL PRODUCE UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AS IT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHERN HINDS AND INTO RANKIN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS DRIVING THROUGH LOW AREAS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION AS SOME MINOR LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR MORE STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Mar 26, 3:19 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 315 AM CST SAT MAR 26 1988 0255C...MERIDIAN POLICE REPORTED APROX 1/4 INCH HAIL AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN MERIDIAN.
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 3:34 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 335 AM CST SAT MAR 26 1988 AT 330 AM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED IN A 25 MILE WIDE CLUSTER FROM NEAR JACKSON TO UTICA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH INTO RANKIN COUNTY AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BAY SPRINGS AND QUITMAN. OTHER LESSER INTENSITY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. ALL PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 3:34 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 330 AM CST SAT MAR 26 1988 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN LAUDERDALE AND NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTIES EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRIENTIAL RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS AN RAINSHOWERS STRETCHING ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI AND INTO WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. <<
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:07 AM CST, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 405 AM CST SAT MAR 26 1988 AT 400 AM...A VERY LARGE AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST SIMPSON COUNTY JUST NORTHWEST OF PINOLA. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS STORM PASSES THROUGH SIMPSON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:39 AM CST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 435 AM CST SAT MAR 26 1988 AT 430 AM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED IN A 25 MILE WIDE BAND WHICH STRETCHED FROM CRYSTAL SPRINGS EAST TO THE MISSISSIPPI/ALABAMA BORDER ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED BETWEEN CRYSTAL SPRINGS AND MAGEE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN LAUREL AND WAYNESBORO. ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 64 min |
| Mar 26, 4:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 5:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 33 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.