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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 1989, 6:23 PM CST for Attala County, Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 1989, 6:23 PM CST (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 1989, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Attala County, MS, Madison 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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1115 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KJAN 210025
TORJAN
MSC007-051-089-210100-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
623 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...ATTALA...SOUTHERN HOLMES...NORTHERN MADISON
AT 620 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH IS STILL LIKELY PRODUCING
A TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR PICKENS. THE STORM HAS ACCELERATED TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR OVER THE PAST 10 MINUTES...AND WILL BE
MOVING INTO ATTALA COUNTY SHORTLY.
THE STORM COULD BE IN THE KOSCIUSKO AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
DO NOT
USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF
NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
<What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 2:05 PM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 205 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR A SMALL PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... AT 200 PM CST...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NEAR JONESVILLE IN CATAHOULA PARISH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF BEING TORNADIC AND THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING UNTIL 250 PM FOR CATAHOULA AND NORTHERN CONCORDIA PARISHES. THE STORM WAS STILL ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AS IT MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE PRESENT TRACK WOULD TAKE THE STORM TO NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER JUST WEST OF PORT GIBSON AROUND 3 PM. IF THE STORM CONTINUES TO BE INTENSE... A WARNING WILL BE NECESSARY AS IT APPROACHES SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Feb 20, 4:47 PM CST, 1 hour 36 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, 1 hour 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, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 535 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 535 PM CST...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A NEW ALBANY...JACKSON...NATCHEZ LINTE. TO THE SOUTHEAST...THUNDER- STORMS CONTINUED SCATTERED SOUTHEAST OF HATTIESBURG. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 6:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 37 min |
| Feb 20, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 25 min |
| Feb 20, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 30 min |
| Feb 20, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 39 min |
| Feb 20, 7:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 33 min |
| Feb 20, 7:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 40 min |
| Feb 20, 8:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 27 min |
| Feb 20, 8:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson | 39 min |
| Feb 20, 8:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 8:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 43 min |
| Feb 20, 8:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 26 min |
| Feb 20, 8:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 48 min |
| Feb 20, 8:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 14 min |
| Feb 20, 8:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 18 min |
| Feb 20, 9:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 9:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 53 min |
| Feb 20, 9:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 30 min |
| Feb 20, 9:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 38 min |
| Feb 20, 9:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 40 min |
| Feb 20, 10:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 38 min |
| Feb 20, 10:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 36 min |
| Feb 20, 11:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 39 min |
| Feb 20, 11:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 25 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.