Tornado Warning 39, NWS Jackson, MS

Issued

Mar 5, 1989, 5:00 AM CST (11:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 5, 1989, 5:45 AM CST

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Jackson, MS

Area

Whole counties

County Neshoba 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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MSC099-051145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
500 AM CST SUN MAR 5 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
          ...NESHOBA
 
AT 500 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PHILADELPHIA MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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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.