Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1988, 12:20 PM CST for Scott County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 1988, 12:20 PM CST (18:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1988, 12:50 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Scott County, MS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 1224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
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, Jan 19, 8:54 AM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
852 AM CST TUE JAN 19 1988
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL
AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1 PM...
AT 849 AM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN BOLIVAR COUNTY
SOUTHWEST OF ROSEDALE. THIS STORM IS MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT
50 TO 60 MPH AND WILL PASS THROUGH ROSEDALE AND SHELBY.
AS THE STORM MOVES THROUGH NORTHWEST BOLIVAR COUNTY DURING THE NEXT
30 MINUTES...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND
VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED. THE STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO
COAHOMA COUNTY AROUND 915 AM.Special weather statement, Jan 19, 9:47 AM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
935 AM CST TUE JAN 19 1988
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL
AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1 PM...
AT 930 AM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM EAST OF VICKSBURG
TO NEAR FAYETTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH
AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN HINDS AND YAZOO COUNTIES DURING THE
NEXT HOUR. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL..AND
TORRENTIAL RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE DELTA FROM GREENVILLE TO
EAST OF MEMPHIS. THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED SLIG'HTLY DURING THE LAST
HALF HOUR.Special weather statement, Jan 19, 10:44 AM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1035 AM CST TUE JAN 19 1988
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL
AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1 PM...
AT 1030 AM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM HOLMES COUNTY
SOUTHWARD TO AMITE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
YAZOO CITY...NEAR FLORA...AND BETWEEN VICKSBURG AND EDWARDS.
ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLARKSDALE SOUTHWEST-
WARD INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.
ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING STRONG
GUSTY WIN|DS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL. PEOPLE IN MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK
ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.Special weather statement, Jan 19, 11:24 AM CST, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1120 AM CST TUE JAN 19 1988
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI...
AT 1015 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR DURANT...NEAR
FLORENCE AND CRYSTAL SPRINGS...8 MILES NORTH OF ROLLING FORK...NEAR
BOYLE...AND 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUTWILER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL. PEOPLE IN MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK
ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.Special weather statement, Jan 19, 11:25 AM CST, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT....CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1120 AM CST TUE JAN 19 1988
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI...
AT 1115 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR DURANT...NEAR
FLORENCE AND CRYSTAL SPRINGS...8 MILES NORTH OF ROLLING FORK...NEAR
BOYLE...AND 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUTWILER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL. PEOPLE IN MISSISSIPPI SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK
ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.Special weather statement, Jan 19, 11:59 AM CST, 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 9:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 30 min |
| Jan 19, 9:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 44 min |
| Jan 19, 9:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 25 min |
| Jan 19, 9:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Yazoo | 50 min |
| Jan 19, 10:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 21 min |
| Jan 19, 10:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 40 min |
| Jan 19, 10:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 42 min |
| Jan 19, 11:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 26 min |
| Jan 19, 11:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 35 min |
| Jan 19, 11:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Tallahatchie | 24 min |
| Jan 19, 11:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Webster | 47 min |
| Jan 19, 11:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 16 min |
| Jan 19, 1:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 35 min |
| Jan 19, 2:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 51 min |
| Jan 19, 3:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 39 min |
| Jan 19, 3:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 40 min |
| Jan 19, 3:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 25 min |
| Jan 19, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 29 min |
| Jan 19, 3:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sumter | 50 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.