Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 63, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 26, 1988, 12:42 PM CST for Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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
- Nov 26, 1988, 12:42 PM CST (18:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 26, 1988, 1:15 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Madison County, MS, Yazoo 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 26, 1:05 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Madison, MS | |
| Nov 26, 1:10 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Madison, 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 452 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KJAN 261841
TORJAN
MSC089-163-261915-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1242 PM CST SAT NOV 26 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...NORTHERN MADISON...EASTERN YAZOO
AT 1240 PM...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WITH A
POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED NEAR BENTONIA MOVING TOWARD VAUGHAN AT 60
MPH. ALL PERSONS NEAR THE BIG BLACK RIVER IN EASTERN YAZOO AND
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTIES SHOULD BE TAKING COVER.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE.
USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD.
<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 26, 8:03 AM CST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 759 AM CST SAT NOV 26 1988 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WESTCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONROE LOUISIANA TO 40 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE. THIS LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH. AROUND 9 AM...THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE NEARING THE MISSISSIPPPI RIVER...ESPECIALLY THE COUNTIES OF WASHINGTON...ISSAQUENA ...AND WARREN. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND QUITE GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 8:32 AM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 835 AM CST SAT NOV 26 1988 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING GREENVILLE...AND PORTIONS OF WESTCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR FROM 15 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE...TO 20 MILES NORTH OF MONROE LOUISIANA. THIS LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE NEARING GREENVILLE DURING THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES. WASHINGTON...ISSAQUENA...AND WARREN COUNTY CAN EXPECT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TO 1 HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND QUITE GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDER- STOR(MS.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 9:04 AM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 905 AM CST SAT NOV 26 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE LOWER DELTA... A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR FROM NEAR CLEVELAND MISSISSIPPI...TO JUST NORTH OF MONROE LOUISIANA AT 9 AM. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH...ON THE NORTH END...AND SOUTHEAST ABOUT 5 MPH IN LOUISIANA. MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS RGEPORTED IN THE CLEVELAND AREA JUST BEFORE 9 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO SUNFLOWER COUNTY SHORTLY...AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND RATHER GUSTY WINDS.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 9:43 AM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 930 AM CST SAT NOV 26 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE LOWER DELTA... A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR FROM NEAR RULEVILLE MISSISSIPPI...TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF MONROE LOUISIANA AT 930 AM. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH...ON THE NORTH END...AND SOUTHEAST ABOUT 5 MPH IN LOUISIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MO\VING INTO LEFLORE COUNTY SHORTLY...AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND RATHER GUSTY WINDS.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 11:38 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1139 AM CST SAT NOV 26 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS HEADED FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP BETWEEN VICKSBURG... AND JACKSON AT 1130 AM. IN ADDITION...A LINE OF THUNDERSTROMS WAS INDICATED WEST OF VICKSBURG IN LOUISIANA. WITH THE PRESENT CONDITIONS...IT APEARS THAT THUNDERSTROMS WILL BE IN THE JACSKON AREA DURING THE OLE MIS...MISSISSIPPI STbATE GAME. SOME RATHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO MOVE INTO JACKSON DURING THE GAME. WINDS WILL BEOME EVEN MORE GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN GEAR IS ADVISED FOR THOSE GOING TO THE GAME.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 12:32 PM CST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1235 PM CST SAT NOV 26 1988 AT 1230 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM NEAR GRENADA TO YAZOO CITY TO VICKSBURG SOUTHWEST TO NEAR ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA. THIS LINE IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. THIS LINE WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS IT MOVE NEAR A BRUCE...CANTON...PORT GIBSON LINE BY 100 PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI IN ADVANCE OF THE LINE. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BEHIND THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 9:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 37 min |
| Nov 26, 10:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yalobusha | 32 min |
| Nov 26, 10:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 30 min |
| Nov 26, 11:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Washington | 30 min |
| Nov 26, 11:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 32 min |
| Nov 26, 11:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 37 min |
| Nov 26, 11:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 46 min |
| Nov 26, 12:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 34 min |
| Nov 26, 1:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 29 min |
| Nov 26, 1:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 35 min |
| Nov 26, 1:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 33 min |
| Nov 26, 1:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 30 min |
| Nov 26, 2:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 29 min |
| Nov 26, 2:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 51 min |
| Nov 26, 2:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Wilkinson | 33 min |
| Nov 26, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 34 min |
| Nov 26, 2:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 46 min |
| Nov 26, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 30 min |
| Nov 26, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 25 min |
| Nov 26, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 39 min |
| Nov 26, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Nov 26, 3:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 28 min |
| Nov 26, 3:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 47 min |
| Nov 26, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 45 min |
| Nov 26, 3:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 27 min |
| Nov 26, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Nov 26, 4:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite | 28 min |
| Nov 26, 4:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite, Pike | 47 min |
| Nov 26, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 38 min |
| Nov 26, 4:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 43 min |
| Nov 26, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 33 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.