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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Jackson, MS

November 8, 1989Clarke County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 8, 1989, 6:18 PM CST for Clarke 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: Nov 8, 1989, 6:18 PM CST (00:18 UTC)
Expired: Nov 8, 1989, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Whole counties

County Clarke 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
Nov 8, 6:45 PM CST	Tornado F0	Clarke, MS
Nov 8, 7:05 PM CST	Tornado F1	Clarke, 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 090021 RRA
TORMEI
MSC023-090100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
618 PM CST WED NOV 8 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
          ...CLARKE
 
AT 617 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
QUITMAN, MISSISSIPPI MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
S...
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, 4 hours 34 minutes 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, 4 hours 24 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, 4 hours 3 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, 3 hours 40 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, 2 hours 41 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 LOUISVILLE

Local storm report, Nov 8, 4:31 PM CST, 1 hour 47 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, 6:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	45 min
Nov 8, 6:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	31 min
Nov 8, 6:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Jones, Wayne	31 min
Nov 8, 7:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke	28 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1989 Every tornado warning in 1989 Tornadoes in 1989

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.