Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1990, 6:50 PM CDT for Hinds County, Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1990, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1990, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison County, MS, Yazoo 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 2385 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 22, 4:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 415 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. AT 415 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI FROM NEAR ROLLING FORK TO NEAR LOUISVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A THUNDERSTORM NEAR DURANT WAS RAPIDLY INCREASING IN STRENGTH AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR KOSIUSKO IN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 430 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. AT 430 PM CDT...A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WICOMMS:STOP1
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 430 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. AT 430 PM CDT...A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI FROM LOUISVILLE TO ROLLING FORK. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LOUSIVILLE AND NEAR ROLLING FORK. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:07 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-230400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 600 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 528 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI. WATCH NUMER 528 HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR THOSE COUNTIES NORTH OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO GREENWOOD TO COLUMBUS. HOWEVER THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SOUTH OF THE LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO GREENWOOD TO COLUMBUS...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM PORT GIBSON TO MERIDIAN. AT 550 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM SOUTH OF HOLLY BLUFF TO CARTHAGE TO PHILADELPHIA. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS HUMPHREYS COUNTY. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...VERY HEAY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:32 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-222330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 630 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 528 FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT. AT 630 PM CDT MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CANTON TO 10 MILES NORTH OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI TO MARION ALABAMA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE VERY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER S5TATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. <<
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Calhoun | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sumter | 53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.