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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Jackson, MS

January 19, 1988Jasper County, Newton County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1988, 1:40 PM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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
Jan 19, 1988, 1:40 PM CST (19:40 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 1988, 2:15 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, MS, Newton 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
Jan 19, 2:00 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Newton, 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1988-01-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1224 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1988-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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, 11:25 AM CST, 2 hours 15 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, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 19, 12:40 PM CST, 1 hour before
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Special weather statement, Jan 19, 1:04 PM CST, 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 19, 1:08 PM CST, 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 19, 1:26 PM CST, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
120 PM CST TUE JAN 19 1988

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 600 PM CST.

AT 115 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT
EXTENDED FROM NEAR STARKVILLE THROUGH PHILADELPHIA TO NEAR FLORENCE.
ALSO THERE WAS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS BETWEEN RALEIGH
AND TYLERTOWN. BOTH LINES WERE MOVING EAST.

SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN EAST
MISSISSIPPI...BUT THERE WAS A REPORT OF SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS IN SOUTHERN WINSTON COUNTY ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO.

ALL IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA ARE
URGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS
AFTERNOON.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 9:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar30 min
Jan 19, 9:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington44 min
Jan 19, 9:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar25 min
Jan 19, 9:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Yazoo50 min
Jan 19, 10:09 AM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds21 min
Jan 19, 10:20 AM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison40 min
Jan 19, 10:48 AM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo42 min
Jan 19, 11:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower26 min
Jan 19, 11:10 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala35 min
Jan 19, 11:36 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSunflower, Tallahatchie24 min
Jan 19, 11:43 AM CSTTornado WarningJANWebster47 min
Jan 19, 11:43 AM CSTTornado WarningJANMontgomery16 min
Jan 19, 12:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott30 min
Jan 19, 2:54 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper51 min
Jan 19, 3:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale39 min
Jan 19, 3:40 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale40 min
Jan 19, 3:50 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper25 min
Jan 19, 4:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones29 min
Jan 19, 3:40 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSumter50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.