Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 2, 1990, 11:26 PM CST for Bolivar County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 1990, 11:26 PM CST (05:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 1990, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bolivar 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 030527
SVRJAN
MSC011-030600-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1126 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
...NORTHERN BOLIVAR
AT 1125 PM CST...A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER JUST NORTHWEST OF ROSEDALE. THIS STORM WAS TRACKING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR TOWARDS GUNNISON AND SHELBY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
<What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Feb 2, 9:30 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013- - SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 930 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 13 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. AT 925 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND 50 MILES EACH SIDE OF A LINE FROM NEAR UTICA MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR COLOUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN NEWTON AND UNION MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. <<
Local storm report, Feb 2, 9:41 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
945 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990
748 PM...1 INCH HAIL REPORTED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRANDON...RANKIN CO
...BY WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE.
905 PM...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR LELAND BY WASHINGTON S.O.Local storm report, Feb 2, 10:14 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1015 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990
748 PM...1 INCH HAIL REPORTED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRANDON...RANKIN CO
...BY WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE.
905 PM...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR LELAND BY WASHINGTON S.O.
1010 PM...UNCONFIRMED TORNADO REPORTED BY GRENADA P.D. NEAR HOLCOMB.Special weather statement, Feb 2, 10:47 PM CST, 39 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-030600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1045 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 13 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. AT 1045 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND 50 MILES EACH SIDE OF A LINE FROM NEAR CANTON MISSISSIPPI TO 60 NORTHEAST OF COLOUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES NORTH DEKALB MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. <<
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 11:02 PM CST, 24 minutes before
MSZALL-030900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1100 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... AT 1100 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 13 REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF A ROLLING FORK TO DE KALB LINE TILL 3 AM. TO THE SOUTH OF THAT LINE...THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST OF THESE WERE NEAR BRUCE...RULEVILLE...AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE.
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 11:05 PM CST, 21 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-030700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1105 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 13 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI..SCOTT..NEWTON.. LAUDERDALE..JASPER..CLARKE..JONES..WAYNE. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 300 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING. AT 1100 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR CANTON MISSISSIPPI TO 80 MILES EAST COLOUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEKALB MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 39 min |
| Feb 2, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 39 min |
| Feb 2, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 36 min |
| Feb 2, 8:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 26 min |
| Feb 2, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 30 min |
| Feb 2, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 38 min |
| Feb 2, 9:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 29 min |
| Feb 2, 9:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore, Tallahatchie | 29 min |
| Feb 2, 9:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 37 min |
| Feb 2, 10:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yalobusha | 33 min |
| Feb 2, 10:33 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 3 hr |
| Feb 2, 10:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Calhoun | 28 min |
| Feb 3, 4:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston | 54 min |
| Feb 3, 4:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 32 min |
| Feb 3, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 35 min |
| Feb 3, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 48 min |
| Feb 3, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 45 min |
| Feb 3, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 41 min |
| Feb 3, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Feb 3, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 48 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.