Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 43, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 19, 1988, 12:02 PM CST for Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 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 19, 1988, 12:02 PM CST (18:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 1988, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Smith 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 19, 12:20 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Smith, 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
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 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 19, 6:12 AM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Nov 19, 7:58 AM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
755 AM CST SAT NOV 19 1988
...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE JACKSON AREA...
AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN MOVING THROUGH
THE JACKSON AREA DURING THE LAST 2 HOURS. CLINTON HAS REPORTED 2.60
INCHES OF RAIN IN THAT TIME PERIOD WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES COMMON ACROSS
JACKSON. IN RANKIN COUNTY...AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN LITTLE LESS...BUT STILL
AROUND 1 INCH.
THIS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED SOME STREETS TO FLOOD. PERSONS
OUT DRIVING AROUND THIS MORNING SHOULD BE EXTRA CAREFUL. IF YOU DO NOT
HAVE TO DRIVE...THEN WAIT MAYBE AN HOUR OR SO BEFORE LEAVING.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DECREASING IN THE JACKSON AR EA BY 815 AM.
THE WATER WILL RECEDE QUICKLY...BUT MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.Special weather statement, Nov 19, 9:37 AM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 915 AM CST SAT NOV 19 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A VERY POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM NOW OVER TEXAS IS MOVING EASTWARD TOWARD MISSISSIPPI. THIS SYSTEM AS INTENSIFIED EVEN MORE THAN EXPECTED DURING THE PAST 12 HOURS. THIS SYSTEM CAUSED SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE THIS MORNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOT BEEN SEVERE...BUT HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. BOTH CLINTON AND SOUTHWEST JACKSON RECEIVED ABOUT 2 AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH BETWEEN 600 AND 800 AM THIS MORNING. D'LO RECEIVED 4.00 INCHES OF RAIN AS OF 900 AM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE STATE FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING...BUT SHOULD STAY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. INTENSE THUNERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED CLOSER TO THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM IN TEXAS. THIS STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD INTO LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED INTO THE STATE UNTIL AFTER 400 PM. THE VERY MOIST WARM AIRMASS LOCATED OVER THE STATE COMBINED WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOOK MORE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME TORNADOES MAY EVEN BE POSSIBLE. ALL MISSISSIPPIANS SHOULD LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THIS POTENIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE A TORNADO PLAN FOR THEIR HOME AND BE PREPARED TO POSSIBLY USE THEM LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 9:45 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 945 AM CST SAT NOV 19 1988 ...HEAVY RAINFALL STILL OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH AND EAST MISSISSIPPI... AT 940 AM...AN AREA OF RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS FROM NEAR MCCOMB NORTHEAST TO THE DLO AND RALEIGH AREA OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED FURTHER NORTHEAST UP TO NEAR MACON. STREET FLOODING WAS RECENTLY REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 51 NEAR SUMMIT IN PIKE COUNTY. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER IN THE JACKSON METROPOLITAN AREA AND ALSO IN THE DLO AREA. THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND THEY HAVE SHOWN NO SIGNS OF WEAKENING. MORE PERIODS OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SOME MINOR FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING.
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 11:51 AM CST, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1150 AM CST SAT NOV 19 1988 AT 1147 AM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN SMITH COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST FO RALEIGH. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS THROUGH RALEIGH AND THEN HEAD FOR SOUTHEAST SCOTT COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF :1 INCH OR MORE AS IT MOVES THROUGH SMITH COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHEAST SCOTT COUNTY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 9:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 34 min |
| Nov 19, 10:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Simpson | 2 hr |
| Nov 19, 11:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 34 min |
| Nov 19, 12:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 45 min |
| Nov 19, 1:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 50 min |
| Nov 19, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 53 min |
| Nov 19, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 41 min |
| Nov 19, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 25 min |
| Nov 19, 5:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 33 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.