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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Jackson, MS

November 19, 1988Hinds County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 19, 1988, 6:46 PM CST for Hinds County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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, 6:46 PM CST (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Nov 19, 1988, 7:15 PM CST
In force
29 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 19, 6:56 PM CSTHail 0.75Hinds, 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 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, 2:45 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED MS TO AR LINE 5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
240 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

...SEVERE WEATHER TO INCREASE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND
   TONIGHT...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
   MISSISSIPPI GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 UNTIL 800PM...

NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE CONTINUING TO GROW IN SIZE AND NUMBER AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY
EASTWARD.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY ARE LOCATED ACROSS MOST OF
MISSISSIPPI...BUT AT THE PRESENT TIME...THE STORMS ARE NOT VERY
STRONG.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE DURING
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME OF THESE
STORMS BECOMING SEVERE. HOOWEVER...THE BULK OF THE SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT EXPECCTED TO BEGIN UNTIL THE ACTIVITY IN LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS
MOVES INTO MISSISSIPPI...PROBABLY AROUND 500 OR 600 PM THIS EVENING.

ALL MISSISSIPPIANS SHOULD LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION
THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES. ALL PEOPLE
ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Local storm report, Nov 19, 2:50 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
250 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

1:55 PM CST....NEWTON COUNTY S.O. REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN
               8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DECATUR MISSISSIPPI. MANY
               TREE DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE TO HOUSE AND BARN.
Local storm report, Nov 19, 3:03 PM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 19, 4:02 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
400 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

...SEVERE WEATHER TO INCREASE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING AND
   TONIGHT...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
   MISSISSIPPI GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 UNTIL 800 PM...

NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS ACROSS
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND TORNADOES.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND REMAIN VERY
STRONG AS THEY MOVE INTO MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...BUT ARE
NOT VERY STRONG AT THIS TIME. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO NOW DEVELOPING OVER
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY AND MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI DELTA BETWEEN VICKSBURG AND MEMPHIS DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2
HOURS.

ALL MISSISSIPPIANS SHOULD LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION
THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION
WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES. ALL PEOPLE ARE! ADVISED
TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.

TORNADO WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT THAT WILL PROBABLY
INCLUDE MORE OF MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 4:37 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
435 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

...THUNDERSTORM INCREASING ACROSS LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
   TONIGHT...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
   MISSISSIPPI GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 UNTIL 800 PM...

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS FROM
SOUTHEAST OF PINE BLUFF TO NEAR CROSSETT. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN LOUISIANA
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
...BUT ARE NOT VERY STRONG AT THIS TIME. TGHIS PRECIPITATION IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 4:55 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 19, 6:04 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSunflower26 min
Nov 19, 6:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANYazoo36 min
Nov 19, 6:46 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Rankin19 min
Nov 19, 6:47 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo28 min
Nov 19, 7:32 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWarren43 min
Nov 19, 7:38 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake37 min
Nov 19, 8:02 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSharkey43 min
Nov 19, 8:16 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake29 min
Nov 19, 8:18 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWinston42 min
Nov 19, 8:20 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAmite, Franklin25 min
Nov 19, 8:34 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys26 min
Nov 19, 9:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence28 min
Nov 19, 10:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper53 min
Nov 19, 10:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale42 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1988Every tornado warning in 1988Tornadoes in 1988

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.