Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

May 22, 1989, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)

Expired

May 22, 1989, 9:30 PM CDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

County Montgomery County, MS

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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TTAA00 KJAN 230200
SVRJAN
MSC097-230230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
858 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
          ...MONTGOMERY
 
AT 855 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST
SOUTHEAST OF GREENWOOD MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM PROBABLY
CONTAINS LARGE HAIL AND MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS.
 
AT 840 PM...MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT SIDON WHICH IS
JUST SOUTH OF GREENWOOD.
 
THIS STORM WILL BE APPROACHING THE WINONA AREA BEFORE 915 PM.
 
PEOPLE NEAR THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS DON'T DRIVE INTO WATER CROSSINGS.
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In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
325 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1989

AT 325 PM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS
OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...BUT DURING THE PAST HOUR HAD SHIFTED OVER
INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE.  MOST OF THE ACTIVITY
WAS LOCATED BETWEEN COLUMBIA...BAY SPRINGS...AND WAYNESBORO.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN SHUBUTA AND
WAYNESBORO.

ALTHOUGH THE GENERAL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD SHIFTED EASTWARD...
THE MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL CELLS IS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
426 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1989

AT 426 PM...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WAS INDICATED 10 MILES EAST OF BUTLER, ALABAMA.

LARGE PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF
A MERIDIAN TO HATTIESBURG, MISSISSSIPPI AND BOGALUSA, LOUISIANA
LINE.

INTENSITIES WERE DECREASING WITH MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
440 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1989

255 PM CDT...JONES COUNTY CD REPORTED METAL ROOF BLOWN OFF
             ELEMENTRY SCHOOL GYM IN NORTHEAST LAUREL MISSISSIPPI.
             EYE WITNESS ACROSS STREET FROM GYM REPORTED LITTLE
             WIND AT HIS LOCATION. GYM ROOF APPROXIMATELY 50
             FEET ABOVE GROUND.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.