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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 1989, 1:55 PM CDT for Pike County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 1989, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1989, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 2535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KJAN 221857
TORJAN
MSC113-221930-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
155 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
...PIKE
AT 154 PM...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST EAST OF
FERNWOOD IN PIKE COUNTY. THE PUBLIC HAS ALSO REPORTED SEEING A FUNNEL
CLOUD. THE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO IS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR APARTMENT. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD FROM FLYING
D EBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS.
<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, May 22, 9:42 AM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
940 AM CDT MON MAY 22 1989
....DELAYED STORM REPORT FOR MAY 20 1989....
350 PM CDT...CLARKE COUNTY S.O. REPORTED TREES KNOCKED DOWN
POWER LINES IN SOUTHWEST CLARKE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.
410 PM CDT...CLARKE COUNTY S.O. REPORTED TREES DOWN ON POWER
LINES AND ROADS IN NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.
540 TO 600 PM CDT...MISS. POWER CO. REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
ON POWER LINES IN THE MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI AREA.Special weather statement, May 22, 10:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1040 AM CDT MON MAY 22 1989 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 296 HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE IN THE WATCH AREA HAVE WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, May 22, 1:50 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 145 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1989 DURING THE PAST HOUR THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI. AT 130 PM RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDER- STORMS SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF LIBERTY MISSISSIPPI... JUST WEST OF COLUMBIA...AND 25 MILES EAST OF POPULARVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH HALF OF THE STATE SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.