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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Jackson, MS

February 20, 1989Lincoln County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 20, 1989, 9:04 PM CST for Lincoln County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
Feb 20, 1989, 9:04 PM CST (03:04 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 1989, 9:35 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln 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
Feb 20, 9:15 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Lincoln, 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 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, Feb 20, 4:47 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
445 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MISSISSIPPI
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A CLARKSDALE TO FULTON LINE...

AT 440 PM CST...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WEST
OF INTERSTATE 55.  TO THE EAST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE SLDO BEING
REPORTED MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE.

THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 20, 5:23 PM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 525 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989

 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 6 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING ALL COUNTIES IN EAST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT WAYNE.

AT 520 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

TORNADOES WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
EASTWARD TONIGHT... SO PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN
WEATHER ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES. <<
Special weather statement, Feb 20, 5:35 PM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 6:23 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Madison37 min
Feb 20, 6:23 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes37 min
Feb 20, 6:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo25 min
Feb 20, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala30 min
Feb 20, 7:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne39 min
Feb 20, 7:27 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChoctaw33 min
Feb 20, 7:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds40 min
Feb 20, 8:18 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds27 min
Feb 20, 8:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Jefferson39 min
Feb 20, 8:28 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin32 min
Feb 20, 8:32 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWinston43 min
Feb 20, 8:34 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMadison26 min
Feb 20, 8:42 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah48 min
Feb 20, 8:46 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds14 min
Feb 20, 8:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin18 min
Feb 20, 9:07 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWinston53 min
Feb 20, 9:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith30 min
Feb 20, 9:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake38 min
Feb 20, 9:50 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba, Newton40 min
Feb 20, 10:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSmith38 min
Feb 20, 10:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones36 min
Feb 20, 11:06 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper39 min
Feb 20, 11:20 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke25 min
Feb 21, 12:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.