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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Jackson, MS

November 8, 1989Winston County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 8, 1989, 3:11 PM CST for Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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 8, 1989, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 1989, 3:45 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Winston 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 8, 3:30 PM CSTHail 1.75Winston, 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 1989-11-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1242 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 1989-11-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1242 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.4

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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 severe thunderstorm 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 8, 12:53 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 8, 1:42 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
140 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 44 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 8 PM CST.

AT 1235 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL SHARKEY
COUNTY...5 MILES WEST OF HOLLY BLUFF MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN PORTIONS OF
ISSAQUENA AND SHARKEY COUNTIES.

ANORTHER VERY STRONG oTHUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND
IT MAY REQUIRE A WARNING IF IT CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY.
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 1:44 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
140 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 44 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 8 PM CST.

AT 135 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL SHARKEY
COUNTY...5 MILES WEST OF HOLLY BLUFF MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN PORTIONS OF
ISSAQUENA AND SHARKEY COUNTIES.

ANORTHER VERY STRONG TqHUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND
IT MAY REQUIRE A WARNING IF IT CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY.
Local storm report, Nov 8, 1:54 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
150 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989

115 PM CST  ISSAQUENA CO. SHERIFF REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL AT TALLULA
MS. (ISSAQUENA CO.)

125 PM CST SHARKEY CO. SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL AT
CARY MS. (SHARKEY CO.)
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 2:15 PM CST, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
215 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 744 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 8 PM CST.

AT 210 PM JACKSON RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH
OF HOLLY BLUFF MISSISSIPPI. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED HAIL UP TO
ONE INCH IN DIAMETER DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM HAD DECREASED
IN INTENSITY BUT AT THIS TIME APPEARED TO BE INTENSIFYING. THE STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND PEOPLE IN YAZOO COUNTY NEED
TO KEEP A WATCHFULL EYE ON THE SKY.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED JUST SOUTH OF GREENWOOD AND 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENWOOD.
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 2:38 PM CST, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
238 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 744 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 8 PM CST.
...INTENSE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

AT 235 PM...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES
WEST OF LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA...OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF HOLLY
BLUFF.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS STORM WAS
PRODUCING HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.

THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO ISSAQUENA COUNTY AROUND 3 PM.  A WARNING
WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED AS THESE STORM MOVES INTO WESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 1:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey44 min
Nov 8, 2:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey48 min
Nov 8, 3:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo54 min
Nov 8, 3:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee50 min
Nov 8, 3:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston28 min
Nov 8, 3:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison47 min
Nov 8, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott45 min
Nov 8, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin45 min
Nov 8, 4:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba46 min
Nov 8, 5:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANScott, Smith44 min
Nov 8, 5:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba29 min
Nov 8, 5:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton38 min
Nov 8, 5:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper29 min
Nov 8, 5:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale51 min
Nov 8, 4:19 PM CSTTornado WarningJANSumter26 min

Nearby

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

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.