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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Jackson, MS

April 4, 1989Amite County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1989, 5:34 PM CDT for Amite County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 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
Apr 4, 1989, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 1989, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Amite 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
Apr 4, 5:43 PM CDTHail 1Amite, 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 1989-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2069 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 1989-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 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
2069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
11.1

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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, Apr 4, 2:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper45 min
Apr 4, 5:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston43 min
Apr 4, 7:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower, Washington28 min
Apr 4, 7:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Leflore54 min
Apr 4, 8:20 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll25 min
Apr 4, 8:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey29 min
Apr 4, 8:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery36 min
Apr 4, 8:54 AM CDTTornado WarningJANMontgomery26 min
Apr 4, 8:54 AM CDTTornado WarningJANChoctaw36 min
Apr 4, 10:21 AM CDTTornado WarningJANYazoo39 min
Apr 4, 11:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes29 min
Apr 4, 11:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Madison28 min
Apr 4, 12:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison27 min
Apr 4, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake18 min
Apr 4, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba41 min
Apr 4, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba, Newton41 min
Apr 4, 2:03 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLauderdale, Newton42 min
Apr 4, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke45 min
Apr 4, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones39 min
Apr 4, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Wayne43 min
Apr 4, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones28 min
Apr 4, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones30 min
Apr 4, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWayne32 min
Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Wayne42 min
Apr 4, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSumter38 min
Apr 4, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw47 min
Apr 4, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw31 min
Apr 4, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw25 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.