Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 62, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Oct 16, 1989, 3:05 PM CDT for Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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
- Oct 16, 1989, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 16, 1989, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Yazoo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Yazoo, 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KJAN 162007
TORJAN
MSC163-162045-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
305 PM CDT MON OCT 16 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...YAZOO
AT 303 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH
OF HOLLY BLUFF MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING
WEST OF YAZOO CITY AT ITS CURRENT MOVEMNT...BUT IF THE STORM TAKES A
MORE EASTERLY TURN...IT WILL BE MOVING TOWARDS YAZOO CITY BEFORE 330
PM.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE.
USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD.
<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, Oct 16, 2:15 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
210 PM CDT FRI OCT 6 1989
....HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN DELTA....
AT 210 PM CDT...A PAIR OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER NORTHWEST OF VICKSBURG. THESE STORMS WILL CERTAINLY
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...AND MAY ALSO CONTAIN HAIL AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS
AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AND WILL TRACUK ACROSS ISSAQUENA
AND SHARKEY COUNTIES. THEY SHOULD MOVE NEAR THE ROLLING FORK AREA BY
300 PM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN
CASE A WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY.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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.