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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jackson, MS

February 3, 1990Lamar County, Marion County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 3, 1990, 4:55 PM CST for Lamar County, Marion County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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
Feb 3, 1990, 4:55 PM CST (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Feb 3, 1990, 5:30 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lamar County, MS, Marion 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
Feb 3, 5:00 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Marion, 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1990-02-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 239 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1990-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 032255
SVRJAN
MSC073-091-032330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
455 PM CST SAT FEB 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
          ...LAMAR
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
          ...EASTERN MARION
 
AT 455 PM CST...A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER
EXTREME EASTERN MARION COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD WESTERN
LAMAR COUNTY.
 
 
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.  DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 7:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin39 min
Feb 2, 8:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena39 min
Feb 2, 8:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds36 min
Feb 2, 8:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower26 min
Feb 2, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington30 min
Feb 2, 9:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore38 min
Feb 2, 9:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds29 min
Feb 2, 9:31 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeflore, Tallahatchie29 min
Feb 2, 9:53 PM CSTTornado WarningJANGrenada37 min
Feb 2, 10:27 PM CSTTornado WarningJANYalobusha33 min
Feb 2, 10:33 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANWashington3 hr
Feb 2, 10:47 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCalhoun28 min
Feb 2, 11:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar34 min
Feb 3, 4:21 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston54 min
Feb 3, 4:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper32 min
Feb 3, 4:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke48 min
Feb 3, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper45 min
Feb 3, 5:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton41 min
Feb 3, 5:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale50 min
Feb 3, 5:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper48 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.