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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 8, 1989, 4:44 PM CST for Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 8, 1989, 4:44 PM CST (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 1989, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Neshoba 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMEI 082246
TORMEI
MSC099-082330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
444 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...NESHOBA
AT 440 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.
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, Nov 8, 1:44 PM CST, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 140 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 44 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 8 PM CST. AT 135 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL SHARKEY COUNTY...5 MILES WEST OF HOLLY BLUFF MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN PORTIONS OF ISSAQUENA AND SHARKEY COUNTIES. ANORTHER VERY STRONG TqHUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND IT MAY REQUIRE A WARNING IF IT CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY.
Local storm report, Nov 8, 1:54 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 150 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989 115 PM CST ISSAQUENA CO. SHERIFF REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL AT TALLULA MS. (ISSAQUENA CO.) 125 PM CST SHARKEY CO. SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL AT CARY MS. (SHARKEY CO.)
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 2:15 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 215 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 744 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 8 PM CST. AT 210 PM JACKSON RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF HOLLY BLUFF MISSISSIPPI. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY BUT AT THIS TIME APPEARED TO BE INTENSIFYING. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND PEOPLE IN YAZOO COUNTY NEED TO KEEP A WATCHFULL EYE ON THE SKY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED JUST SOUTH OF GREENWOOD AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENWOOD.
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 2:38 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 238 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 744 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 8 PM CST. ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... AT 235 PM...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA...OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF HOLLY BLUFF. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO ISSAQUENA COUNTY AROUND 3 PM. A WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED AS THESE STORM MOVES INTO WESTERN MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Nov 8, 3:37 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
340 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989
330PM CST WINSTON COUNTY C.D. REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLELocal storm report, Nov 8, 4:31 PM CST, 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
425 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989
415PM CST NOXUBEE COUNTY C.D. REPORTS NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN MACON, MISSISSIPPI.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 1:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 44 min |
| Nov 8, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 48 min |
| Nov 8, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 34 min |
| Nov 8, 3:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 54 min |
| Nov 8, 3:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 50 min |
| Nov 8, 3:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 28 min |
| Nov 8, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 47 min |
| Nov 8, 4:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 45 min |
| Nov 8, 4:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 45 min |
| Nov 8, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 44 min |
| Nov 8, 5:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 29 min |
| Nov 8, 5:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 38 min |
| Nov 8, 5:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 29 min |
| Nov 8, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 51 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.