Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Feb 20, 1989, 2:25 PM CST (20:25 UTC)

Expired

Feb 20, 1989, 3:15 PM CST

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Adams County, MS, Jefferson County, MS

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
225 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
          ...NORTHERN ADAMS...JEFFERSON
 
AT 225 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
BEING DETECTED OVER EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40
MILES AN HOUR. ON ITS PRESENT PATH THIS STORM WILL BE CROSSING THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN NATCHEZ MS AND WATERPROOF LA WITHIN THE NEXT
30 MINUTES.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  MOVE QUICKLY TO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
AVOID WINDOWS.  LEAVE CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING.
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In the hours 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.

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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.