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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 1988, 9:49 PM CDT for Washington County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 24, 1988, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 1988, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington 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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KJAN 250250
TORJAN
MSC151-250315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
949 PM CDT SEP 24 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON
AT 945 PM...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES
WEST OF HOLLANDALE. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND
APPEARS IT WILL PASS JUST WEST OF HOLLANDALE AND MOVE TOWARD GLEN
ALLAN.
SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR APARTMENT. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD FROM FLYING
DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS.
<What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Sep 24, 7:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 715 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 1988 ...PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 436 CANCELLED... THAT PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 416 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THOSE COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF A TUPELO-GREENWOOD TO BELZONI LINE. THE WATCH CONTINUES FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI EAST OF THAT LINE. AT 715 PM...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED THAT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR LEXINGTON NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST CARROLL COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 7:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT CHANGED 416 TO 436 FIRST LINE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 715 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 1988 ...PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 436 CANCELLED... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 436 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THOSE COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF A TUPELO-GREENWOOD TO BELZONI LINE. THE WATCH CONTINUES FOR THAT PORTION OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI EAST OF THAT LINE. AT 715 PM...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED THAT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR LEXINGTON NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST CARROLL COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 8:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 801 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 1988 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 436 FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH MISSISSIPI CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM. AT 758 PM MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED ARE LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDER- STORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM VICKSBURG TO ABERDEEM. THE LINE HAS BEEN MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDER- STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EASTWARD AT 20 MPH. PEOP@LE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 8:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 805 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 1988 AT 800 PM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLEVELAND TO GREENWOOD TO NORTH OF COLUMBUS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF RULEVILLE. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST CARROLL COUNTY. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WEST OF FLORA. ALL STORMS WERE MOEVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 8:59 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 900 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 1988 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI...BUT THE THUNDERSTORM INTENSITIES HAVE DECREASED AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED.
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 9:42 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 940 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 1988 AT 935 PM...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLLANDALE. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR GRENADA TO KOSCUISKO TO NEAR CARTHAGE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS OF LESSER INTENSITIES WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 32 min |
| Sep 24, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 30 min |
| Sep 24, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.