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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Jackson, MS

April 18, 1988Jasper County, Jones County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1988, 8:38 PM CDT for Jasper County, Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 67 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
Apr 18, 1988, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 1988, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, MS, Jones 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 18, 8:45 PM CDTHail 1Jasper, MS
Apr 18, 8:55 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Jones, 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Smith37 min
Apr 18, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper43 min
Apr 18, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke61 min
Apr 18, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington37 min
Apr 18, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite26 min
Apr 18, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw57 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.