Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1989, 5:47 AM CDT for Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 1989, 5:47 AM CDT (10:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1989, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 693 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 13.5
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, Apr 4, 12:36 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Apr 4, 1:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 135 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MISSISIPPI UNTIL 5 AM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... AT 130 AM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM HOLLY SPRINGS TO CHARLESTON TO GREENVILLE. THE BAND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS BAND OF STORMS. DURING THE PAST HOUR...THERE WAS A REPORT FROM BOLIVAR COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE OF A HOUSE DAMAGED AND POWER LINES DOWN WEST OF CLEVELAND. MORE DETAILS WILL FOLLOW WHEN AVAILABLE. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD BE ALERT SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 2:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 235 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSISIPPI UNTIL 5 AM... AT 230 AM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEW ALBANY TO GRENADA TO ROLLING FORK. THE BAND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS BAND OF STORMS. DURING THE PAST HOUR...THERE WAS A REPORT OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTH OF GREENWOOD. FOLLOW UP REPORT...ON THE HOUSE DAMAGE WEST OF CLEVELAND AROUND 1 AM... IT TURNED OUT THE DAMAGE WAS JUST A BENT ANTENNA ON THE HOUSE. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI WEST OF A HOLLY SPRINGS TO GREENVILLE LINE.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 3:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 335 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 5 AM... AT 330 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF YAZOO CITY MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM PROBABLY CONTAINS SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM WAS WITHIN A BAND OF OTHERWISE WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM COLUMBUS THROUGH YAZOO CITY TO LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA. THE BAND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AS THE BAND OF STORMS HA3S MOVED SOUTH OF THAT AREA. HOWEVER...THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF THE WATCH AREA SOUTH OF A COLUMBUS TO LAKE PROVIDENCE LINE.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 4:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 400 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR ALL OF MISSISSIPPI... THE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER OVERNIGHT HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED SOUTH OF THE WATCH AREA. THEREFORE NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MISSISSIPPI. AT 4 AM CDT...THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JCOLUMBUS TO LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA. THIS BAND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED...THEY MAY STILL PRODUCE A BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOUR...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 7:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 8:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 8:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 8:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 10:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Madison | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 18 min |
| Apr 4, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Wayne | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wayne | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Wayne | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sumter | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.