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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Jackson, MS

November 26, 1988Copiah County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 26, 1988, 3:22 PM CST for Copiah 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 26, 1988, 3:22 PM CST (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Nov 26, 1988, 3:50 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Copiah 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 26, 3:25 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Copiah, 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 61 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1988-11-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1988-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 327 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 262125
TORJAN
MSC029-262150-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
322 PM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  350 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
          ...COPIAH

AT 320 PM...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WEESON MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 60 MPH TOWARD GEORGETOWN.  TAKE COVER.

IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.  AS A
LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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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, 12:32 PM CST, 2 hours 50 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 1:36 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
135 PM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

AT 130 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
EXTENDED FROM NEAR EUPORA TO KOSCUISKO TO CLINTON TO NATCHEZ. THE LINE
IS MOVING EAST AT 20 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 LOUISVILLE...TO BRANDON TO WOODVILLE
BY 230 PM.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI IN ADVANCE OF THE LINE.

RAIN COVERS MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI BEHIND THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 2:03 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 205 PM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 509 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF WEST-CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 500 PM...

AT 1:55 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM JACKSON TO CARTHAGE TO LOUISVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REM0AIN WEATHER ALERT THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. <<
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 2:40 PM CST, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
140 PM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

PORTIONS OF TORNADO WATCH 509 FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THAT
PART OF MISSISSIPPI WEST OF PORT GIBSON-CLINTON-KOSCUISKO-TUPELO-
CORINTH LINE.

THE WATCH STILL DOES COVER MOST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE
SOUTHWARD TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPaPI
UNTIL 500 PM.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 510 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
UNTIL 500 PN.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 2:43 PM CST, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
240 PM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

PORTIONS OF TORNADO WATCH 509 FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THAT
PART OF MISSISSIPPI WEST OF PORT GIBSON-CLINTON-KOSCUISKO-TUPELO-
CORINTH LINE.

THE WATCH STILL DOES COVER MOST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE
SOUTHWARD TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND CcENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
UNTIL 500 PM.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 510 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
UNTIL 500 PM.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 3:08 PM CST, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
305 PM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

AT 300 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
EXTENDED FROM NEAR STARKVILLE TO CARTHAGE TO HAZLEHURST TO LIBERTY.

THIS LINE WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS DURING THE
NEXT HOUR AS IT MOVES EAST AT 20 MPH TO NEAR A PHILADELPHIA-BROOHAVEN
MCCOMB LINE AROUND 330 PM.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OF LESSER yINTENSITIES WERE LOCATED AHEAD
OF THE LINE FOR ABOUT 50 MILES. THE AREA IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 9:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Sunflower37 min
Nov 26, 10:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYalobusha32 min
Nov 26, 10:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey30 min
Nov 26, 11:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey, Washington30 min
Nov 26, 11:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Yazoo32 min
Nov 26, 11:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey37 min
Nov 26, 11:44 AM CSTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Warren46 min
Nov 26, 12:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds, Madison, Yazoo34 min
Nov 26, 12:42 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison, Yazoo33 min
Nov 26, 1:01 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds, Madison29 min
Nov 26, 1:10 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala35 min
Nov 26, 1:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds33 min
Nov 26, 1:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison30 min
Nov 26, 2:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin29 min
Nov 26, 2:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston51 min
Nov 26, 2:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Wilkinson33 min
Nov 26, 2:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah34 min
Nov 26, 2:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson46 min
Nov 26, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin30 min
Nov 26, 3:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba25 min
Nov 26, 3:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin39 min
Nov 26, 3:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLincoln38 min
Nov 26, 3:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba47 min
Nov 26, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson45 min
Nov 26, 3:48 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper27 min
Nov 26, 3:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln46 min
Nov 26, 4:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite28 min
Nov 26, 4:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite, Pike47 min
Nov 26, 4:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis38 min
Nov 26, 4:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Smith43 min
Nov 26, 5:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington33 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.