Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 55, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 1989, 2:03 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 4, 1989, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1989, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lauderdale 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2:15 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Lauderdale, MS | |
| Apr 4, 2:20 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Newton, 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 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 2069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 11.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMEI 041904
TORMEI
MSC075-101-041945-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
203 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...NORTHERN LAUDERDALE...NORTHEASTERN NEWTON
AT 200 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF UNION MISSISSIPPI MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ISSUED EARLIER
FOR NEWTON COUNTY.
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, Apr 4, 9:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 905 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 86 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 87 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT. AT 900 AM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM VICKSBURG TO ACKERMAN MISSISSIPPI TO BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF ACKERMAN MISSISSIPPI. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN WINSTON COUNTY YOU SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 10:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1015 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 AT 1012 AM...A THUNDERSTORMS HAS INTENSFIED RAPIDLY IN SOUTHERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT9 60 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN YAZOO COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 15 TO 30 MINUTES. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 11:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1150 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 88 AND TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 89 REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR ALL OF EAST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST- CENTRAL ALABAMA. AT 1145 AM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM CANTON TO LOUISVILLE TO MACON MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE IN INTENSE WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED. IF YOU LIVE IN EAST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ALABAMA YOU SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
Local storm report, Apr 4, 1:32 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
130 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989
123 PM CDT...NESHOBA COUNTY C.D. REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHILADELPHIA MISSISSIPPI.Local storm report, Apr 4, 1:40 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...ATTN SELS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 135 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989 745 AM...POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR MORGAN CITY IN LEFLORE COUNTY. REPORT FROM LEFLORE COUNTY CD. 755 AM...TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR ITTA BENA IN LEFLORE COUNTY. REPORT FROM LEFLORE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE. 830 AM...A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN CARROLLTON IN CARROLL COUNTY. REPORT FROM MP&L. 845 AM...PILOT REPORTED SEEING A TORNADO TOUCHDWON IN A FIELD NEAR HOLLANDALE (WASHINGTON COUNTY). 845 AM...A UTILITY BUILDING WAS BLOWN AWAY IN WINONA (MONTGOMERY (COUNTY). ALSO...TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN AROUND WINONA. REPORT FROM MP&L AND WINONA PD. < AT 900 AM...IN STEWART AND KILMICHAEL EXTENSIVE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE (MONTGOMERY COUNTY). REPORT FROM SHERIFFS OFFICE AND MP&L. 915 AM...MP&L REPORTS EXTENSIVE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IN CHOCTAW COUNTY...MAINLY NEAR AND NORTH OF ACKERMAN. 1010 AM...IN FITLER (ISSAQUENA COUNTY) LARGE LIMBS WERE BLOWN OFF PECAN TREES AND A CAR WAS ALMOST BLOWN OFF THE ROAD BY HIGH WINDS. ALSO... A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED. REPORT FROM THE PUBLIC. 1030 AM...SOME SIGNS WERE BLOWN DOWN IN YAZOO CITY AND A ROFF WAS BLOWN OFF OF A BUS-STOP (YAZOO COUNTY). REPORT FROM YAZOO VALLEY ELECTRIC. 1215 PM...SOME LARGE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DAMAGED IN CANTON BY HIGH WINDS (MADISON COUNTY). REPORT FROM MP&L. 1230 PM...A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN SOUTHWEST LEAKE COUNTY NEAR GOOD HOPE. REPORT FROM CD OFFICE. 1250 PM..DIME SIZED HAIL FELL ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF EDINBURG. REPORT FROM GROCERY CONTACT.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 1:48 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
145 PM CDT TUE APR 4 1989
...PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 89 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI ALONG AND NORTH A NATCHEZ-BRANDON-MACON LINE.
THIS WATCH NO LONGER IS IN EFFECT FOR THE VICKSBURG-JACKSON AND NATCHEZ
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THOSE COUNTIES IN SOUTH AND
EAST MISSISSIPPI SOUTH OF THIS LINE UNTIL 500 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
PERSONS STILL IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER CONSCIOUS AND
BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 7:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 8:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 8:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 8:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 10:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Madison | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 18 min |
| Apr 4, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Wayne | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wayne | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Wayne | 42 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.