Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 12, 1988, 4:43 PM CST for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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
- Nov 12, 1988, 4:43 PM CST (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 12, 1988, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hinds 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 5:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Hinds, 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 1122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 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 122254
TORJAN
MSC049-122315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
443 PM CST SAT NOV 12 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...HINDS
AT 440 PM CST...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING INTO CLINTON.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
TAKE COVER IN JACKSON >AND CLINTON NOW....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, Nov 12, 1:29 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 130 PM CST SAT NOV 12 1988 ...SOME SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON... A RATHER COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM WESTERN ARKANSAS TO A LOW PRESSURE CENTER NEAR SHREVEPORT AND THEN EXTENDS SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. A WARM FRONT EXTENDS EAST FROM THE LOW ALONG A SHREVEPORT-MONROE- MCCOMB LINE. THE WARM FRONT IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD AS THE COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE AREA ADVANCES EASTWARD. THE COMBINATION OF THESE SYSTEMS IS BRING A VERY WARM MOIST AIRMASS INTO MISSISSIPPI FROM THE GULF. AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA SOUTHWEST TO NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS RAIN HAS COOLED THE AIR IN PORTIONS OF THE DELTA AND LESSENED THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THAT AREA. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER EASTERN LOUISIANA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND THEN RACE EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AFTER 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT...BUT AS THE COOLING OF THE NIGHT SETS IN...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY.
Special weather statement, Nov 12, 1:33 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO ADD "SEVERE" TO 5TH PARA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 130 PM CST SAT NOV 12 1988 ...SOME SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS AFTERNOON... A RATHER COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES. A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM WESTERN ARKANSAS TO A LOW PRESSURE CENTER NEAR SHREVEPORT AND THEN EXTENDS SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. A WARM FRONT EXTENDS EAST FROM THE LOW ALONG A SHREVEPORT-MONROE- MCCOMB LINE. THE WARM FRONT IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD AS THE COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE AREA ADVANCES EASTWARD. THE COMBINATION OF THESE SYSTEMS IS BRING A VERY WARM MOIST AIRMASS INTO MISSISSIPPI FROM THE GULF. AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA SOUTHWEST TO NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS RAIN HAS COOLED THE AIR IN PORTIONS OF THE DELTA AND LESSENED THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THAT AREA. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER EASTERN LOUISIANA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND THEN RACE EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AFTER 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT...BUT AS THE COOLING OF THE NIGHT SETS IN...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY.
Special weather statement, Nov 12, 3:32 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 332 PM CST SAT NOV 12 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH 475 IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 PM... AT 330 PM...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MONROE LA TO THE GRENADA RESERVOIR IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS LINE WERE BETWEEN MONROE AND BELZONI. ALSO A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE THUNDERSTORM LINE OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA JUST WEST OF NEWELLTON. THIS STORM WILL BE APPROACHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN PORT GIBSON AND VICKSBURG DURING THE NEXT 60 MINUTES. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 30/ TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 12, 4:43 PM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 445 PM CST SAT NOV 12 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.. AT 440 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM AMORY TO LOUISVILLE TO PORT GIBSON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE WEATHER ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHE4LTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. <<
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 49 min |
| Nov 12, 3:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 48 min |
| Nov 12, 3:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 23 min |
| Nov 12, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 35 min |
| Nov 12, 4:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 38 min |
| Nov 12, 5:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 39 min |
| Nov 12, 5:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 51 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.