Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Jan 19, 1988, 11:10 AM CST for Attala County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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
- Jan 19, 1988, 11:10 AM CST (17:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1988, 11:45 AM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Attala 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 11:10 AM CST | Tornado F1 | Attala, MS | |
| Jan 19, 11:20 AM CST | Tornado F4 | Attala, 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KJAN 191710 RRA
TORJAN
MSC007-191745-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1110 AM CST TUE JAN 19 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...ATTALA
AT 110 PM...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF KOSCIUSKO
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. ITS PRESENT PATH SHOULD TAKE IT NEAR
DURANT DURING THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.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, Jan 19, 6:32 AM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
630 AM CST TUE JAN 19 1988
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL
AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1 PM...
AT 630 AM...A 60 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH EASTERN ARKANSAS...CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
THE STRONGEST STORMS IN MISSISSIPPI WERE NEAR CLARKSDALE.
ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS OF LESSER INTENSITY WERE
NUMEROUS FROM YAZOO CITY TO OXFORD...AND LIGHT SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED
BETWEEN MCCOMB AND LAUREL.
THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MEMPHIS TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS WAS MOVING
ONLY VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST WHILE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE RACING NORTHEAST AT OVER 50 MILES PER HOUR.Special weather statement, Jan 19, 7:27 AM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
725 AM CST TUE JAN 19 1988
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL
AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1 PM...
AT 725 AM...A 60 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH EASTERN ARKANSAS...CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.
THE STRONGEST STORMS IN MISSISSIPPI WERE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE
STATE.
ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS OF LESSER INTENSITY WERE
NUMEROUS OVER MOST OF MISSISSIPPI AND EXTENDED INTO ADJACENT STATES.
THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MEMPHIS TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS WAS MOVING
ONLY VERY SLOWLY TO DTHE EAST WHILE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE RACING NORTHEAST AT OVER 50 MILES PER HOUR.Special weather statement, Jan 19, 8:34 AM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
825 AM CST TUE JAN 19 1988
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL
AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1 PM...
AT 825 AM...A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE...SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH EASTERN ARKANSAS...CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.
THE STRONGEST STORMS IN MISSISSIPPI WERE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE
STATE.
ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS OF LESSER INTENSITY WERE
NUMEROUS OVER MOST OF MISSISSIPPI AND EXTENDED INTO ADJACENT STATES.
THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MEMPHIS TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS WAS MOVING
ONLY VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST WHILE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE RACING NORTHEAST AT OVER 50 MILES PER HOUR.Special weather statement, Jan 19, 8:54 AM CST, 2 hours 16 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, 1 hour 23 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, 26 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.The office that day
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, 11:36 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, 12:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 30 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 |
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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.