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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 19, 1988, 8:34 PM CST for Humphreys County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 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, 8:34 PM CST (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 1988, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Humphreys 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, 8:35 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Humphreys, 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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
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, 4:37 PM CST, 3 hours 57 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, 3 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
450 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988
...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS HEADING TOWARD NORTH-
WEST MISSISSIPPI...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN MISSISSIPPI GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 UNTIL
800 PM...
AT 450 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE
EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE STILL 10 TO 20
MILES WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE.
THESE STORMS WERE NOT SEVERE AT THE PRESENT TIME...BUT ARE CAPABLE OF
BECOMING SEVERE AS THEY HEAD INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI DURING
THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPSLE OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ARE ADVISED TO BE
READY TO TAKE COVER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.Special weather statement, Nov 19, 6:35 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 635 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988 AT 630 PM...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS INTO EASTERN LOUISIANA. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE SEVERE AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE AS THEY MOVE INTO WESTERN MISSISSIPPI. TORNADOES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN THE DELTA AND MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THIS LINE MOVES EAST AND MORE STORMS DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE LINE.
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 7:25 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 725 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988 AT 720 PM...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WEST OF BOLIVAR COUNTY TO 20 MILES EAST OF MONROE AND THEN EXTENDS SOUTH- SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO MISSISSIPPI IN THE DELTA DURING THE NEXT AND IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM WEST OF VICKSBURG TO WEST OF NATCHEZ. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR MONTICELLO ...MADISON...CANTON...LEXINGTON AND NEAR MARKS. THESE ST.ORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 7:28 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECT LINE 5 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 725 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988 AT 720 PM...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WEST OF BOLIVAR COUNTY TO 20 MILES EAST OF MONROE AND THEN EXTENDS SOUTH- SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO MISSISSIPPI IN THE DELTA DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES AND IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM WEST OF VICKSBURG TO WEST OF NATCHEZ. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR MONTICELLO ...MADISON...CANTON...LEXIN0GTON AND NEAR MARKS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 8:30 PM CST, 4 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 6:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 26 min |
| Nov 19, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 36 min |
| Nov 19, 6:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 29 min |
| Nov 19, 6:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Rankin | 19 min |
| Nov 19, 6:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 28 min |
| Nov 19, 7:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 43 min |
| Nov 19, 7:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 37 min |
| Nov 19, 8:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 43 min |
| Nov 19, 8:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 29 min |
| Nov 19, 8:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 42 min |
| Nov 19, 8:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Amite, Franklin | 25 min |
| Nov 19, 9:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 28 min |
| Nov 19, 10:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 53 min |
| Nov 19, 10:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 42 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.