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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Jackson, MS

May 20, 1990Rankin County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 1990, 5:11 PM CDT for Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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
May 20, 1990, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 1990, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Rankin 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 20, 5:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Rankin, 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 14 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1990-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1382 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1990-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1382 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 202212
SVRJAN
MSC121-202245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
511 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...RANKIN COUNTY
 
AT 509 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE JACKSON
AREA MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE BRANDON AREA AT
520 PM.
 
 
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.
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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, May 20, 3:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
MSZALL-202135-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
325 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI...

AT 325 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI JUST SOUTH OF GREENVILLE.  THIS LINE EXTENDS
SOUTHWESTWARD INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND IS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD
THE EAST.

THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THE LINE ARE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY NEAR
HOLLANDALE.  GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER WHEN THESE STORMS PASSED THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN
ARKANSAS...SO PEOPLE JUST SOUTH OF GREENVILLE SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

OTHER SHOWERS AND WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS ARE SCATTERED OVER WEST AND
EXTREME EAST MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, May 20, 4:30 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-      -

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 420 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 1990

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 281 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 285 IS IN EFFECT FOR SUMTER AND
CHOCTAW COUNTIES IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

 AT 415 PM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BELZONI
TO WINONA TO TUSCALOOSA ALABAMA.  ALSO THERE WERE ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSHOWERS IN THE CENTRAL AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI.

THE PREgHUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS BOTH EAST CENTAL
MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA IN THE NEXT HOUR. ALL IN THESE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE WEATHER ALERT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.
Special weather statement, May 20, 4:44 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
MSZALL-202235-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
440 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI...

AT 430 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM GREENWOOD TO
PORT GIBSON.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN WERE SCATTERED OVER
MISSISSIPPI.
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MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington41 min
May 20, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Washington58 min
May 20, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCarroll, Montgomery25 min
May 20, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo37 min
May 20, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Warren26 min
May 20, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale26 min
May 20, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCalhoun, Grenada, Webster30 min
May 20, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison32 min
May 20, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Montgomery27 min
May 20, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLawrence, Walthall26 min
May 20, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite, Pike26 min
May 20, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington27 min
May 20, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones53 min
May 20, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis35 min
May 20, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.