Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 68, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 26, 1988, 3:48 PM CST for Kemper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 26, 1988, 3:48 PM CST (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 26, 1988, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kemper County, MS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMEI 262149
TORMEI
MSC069-262215-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
348 PM CST SAT NOV 26 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...KEMPER
AT 345 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES WEST
OF DEKALB MISSISSIPPI MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.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, 1:36 PM CST, 2 hours 12 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 45 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, 1 hour 8 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, 1 hour 5 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, 40 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 3:43 PM CST, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 340 PM CST SAT NOV 26 1988 AT 335 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM NEAR COLUMBUS TO MORTON TO LIBERTY. THIS LINE WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS IT MOVES EAST AT 20 MPH TO NEAR MACON-RALEIGH-MCCOMB LINE BY 430 PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OF LESSER INTENSITIES 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.
| 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, 12:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 33 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, 3:59 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.