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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 4, 1989, 1:19 PM CST for Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 1989, 1:19 PM CST (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 1989, 1:45 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMEI 041920
TORMEI
MSC101-041945-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
119 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...NEWTON
AT 115 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES SW OF
NEWTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING THE NORTHEAST AT 30MILES 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.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, Mar 4, 8:52 AM CST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 850 AM CST SAT MAR 4 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER MISSISSIPPI BY TONIGHT... A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDED THIS MORNING FROM NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS SOUTHWEST TO NEAR LONGVIEW AND SAN ANTONIO TEXAS. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS PRESENTLY DEVELOPING ON THIS FRONT IN SOUTHERN TEXAS. THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA BY SUNSET AND THEN RACE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA LATER TODAY AND THEN SPREAD INTO MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ANOTHER CONCERN IS THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY HEVY RAINS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IN THE DELTA...WHERE RIVER FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING... RAINFALL TOTALS WILL APPROACH 3 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE STATE TONIGHT...COLDER AIR WILL BE USHERED IN BY BLUSTERY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. THE AIR MAY BE COLD ENOUGH IN THE NORTHWEST FOR THE RAIN TO CHANGE BRIEFLY TO SNOW ON SUNDAY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. THIS IS A RATHER COMPLEX...BUT SERIOUS WEATHER SITUATION. ALL MISSISSIPPIANS...SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER CONSCIOUS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 12:38 PM CST, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1229 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989 AT 1229 PM CST...SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHEAST FOREST COUNTY AND THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SMITH COUNTY...NEAR MIZE. INTENSITIES WERE INCREASING WITH MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE STATE TONIGHT...COLDER AIR WILL BE USHERED IN BY BLUSTERY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. THE AIR MAY BE COLD ENOUGH IN THE NORTHWEST FOR THE RAIN TO CHANGE BRIEFLY TO SNOW ON SUNDAY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. THIS IS A RATHER COMPLEX...BUT SERIOUS WEApTHER SITUATION. ALL MISSISSIPPIANS...SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER CONSCIOUS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 12:40 PM CST, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1229 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989 AT 1229 PM CST...SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING OVEqR EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHEAST FOREST COUNTY AND THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SMITH COUNTY...NEAR MIZE. INTENSITIES WERE INCREASING WITH MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 1:09 PM CST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1250 PM CST SAT MAR 4 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER MISSISSIPPI BY TONIGHT... A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR LITTLE ROCK TO SHREVEPORT TO HOUSTON. THE AIR HAS BEEN SO COLD BEHIND THE FRONT...THE FRONT HAS SURGED MUCH FASTER SOUTHWARD THROUGH TEXAS THAN WAS EARLIER EXPECTED. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST MISSISSIPPI IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE STATE. DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...BUT THEY SHOULD THEN MOVE INTO ALABAMA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE CLOSE TO NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT... AND THEN BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR BROWNSVILLE WILL THEN RACE NORTHEAST TOWARD MISSISSIPPI. AS THE LOW APPROACHES RAIN AND NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE BEHIND THE FRONT AND THE RAIN MAY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN THE NORTHWEST BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. THIS IS A RATHER COMPLEX...BUT SERIOUS WEATHER SITUATION. ALL MISSISSIPPIANS...SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER CONSCIOUS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 12:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 27 min |
| Mar 4, 12:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 30 min |
| Mar 4, 5:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 28 min |
| Mar 4, 5:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 32 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.