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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 1989, 9:50 PM CST for Neshoba County, Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 1989, 9:50 PM CST (03:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 1989, 10:30 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Neshoba County, MS, Newton 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 KMEI 210350
TORMEI
MSC099-101-210430-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
950 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...NESHOBA...NORTHERN NEWTON
AT 945 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES WEST OF UNION
MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.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 | Attala, Madison | 37 min |
| 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, 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.