Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 1989, 11:20 PM CST for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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, 11:20 PM CST (05:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 1989, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clarke 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 11:40 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Clarke, 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 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 210519
TORMEI
MSC023-210545-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1120 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...CLARKE
AT 1120 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF QUITMAN MISSISSIPPI IN CLARKE COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
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. USXE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.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
Local storm report, Feb 20, 10:20 PM CST, 1 hour before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1019 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989 AT 1005 PM CST THE UNION FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR UNION MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST.
Local storm report, Feb 20, 10:23 PM CST, 57 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1019 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989 AT 1005 PM CST THE UNION FIRE DEPARTMENT IN NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR UNION MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST.
Special weather statement, Feb 20, 10:29 PM CST, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED ARE NORTH OF WEST POINT NO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS LONGER IN WATCH 1030 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 7 REMAINS IN EFFECT IN MISSISSIPPI EAST OF A WEST POINT-FOREST-MCCOMB LINE... THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE DAMAGE IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI EARLIER THIS EVENING HAVE NOW SHIFTED INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Feb 20, 11:00 PM CST, 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1100 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989 AT 1052 PM CST JASPER COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL 2 MILES WEST OF BAY SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Feb 20, 11:14 PM CST, 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1115 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989 AT 1102 PM CST JASPER COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED NUMEROUS SIGHTING OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINEKS NEAR STRINGER MISSISSIPPI IN SOUTHWEST JASPER COUNTY.
Local storm report, Feb 20, 11:20 PM CST, 0 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1120 PM CST MON FEB 20 1989
DELAYED STORM REPORTS FOR MONDAY FEBRUARY 20 ,1989
1130 AM...PEA SIZE HAIL NORTH OF CLARKSDALE.
425 PM...WALL CLOUD NEAR VICKSBURG.
438 PM...10-15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VICKSBURG POSSIBLE TORNADO.
440 PM...LONG LAKE NORTH OF VICKSBURG...PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO.
458 PM...GOLF BALL SIZE AND SILVER DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND WINDS OF 50 TO
60 MPH AT VICKSBURG.
500 PM...EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE AT VICKSBURG. SEVERAL MOTELS LOST ROOFS
ALONG WITH ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES. ONE UNOCCUPIED MOBILE HOME
DESTROYED. NUMEROUS HOMES WITHOUT POWER.
502 PM...POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF VICKSBURG ON HIGHWAY 61.
548 PM...JACKSON/HINDS EOC REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND SOUTHWEST OF
OF FLORA IN MADISON COUNTY.
655 PM...EIGHT HOUSES FLOODED AT SHELBY IN NORTHERN BOLIVAR COUNTY.
725 PM...TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN AT PORT GIBSON IN CLAIBORNE
COUNTY.
745 PM...TORNADO TOUCH DOWN AT FRENCH CAMP IN CHOCTAW COUNTY.
803 PM...WIND DAMAGE TO HOMES...TREES AND POWER LINES AT UTICA IN
HINDS COUNTY.
815-830 PM...DAMAGING WINDS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN JACKSON.
CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND
TREES ON HOUSES. ROOF OF DAMAGE TO BEST WESTERN MOTEL ON
HIGHWAY 80 AND ELLIS AVENUE. SEVERAL THOUSAND HOMES
WITHOUT POWER.
900 PM...TREES DOWN 5 MILES SOUTH OF HAZLEHURST IN COPIAH COUNTY.
915 PM...ONE LARGE TREE DOWN AT HAZLEHURST IN COPIAH COUNTY.
915 PM...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE NORTHERN PART OF LINCOLN COUNTY.
920 PM...POEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTH OF CARTHAGE IN LEAKE
COUNTY.
930 PM...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN NORTHERN PORTION OF
LINCOLN COUNTY.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, 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 |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.