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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Jackson, MS

June 22, 1990Hinds County, Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1990, 7:13 PM CDT for Hinds County, Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 22, 1990, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1990, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hinds County, MS, Madison 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
Jun 22, 7:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Hinds, 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 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 KJAN 230015
SVRJAN
MSC049-089-230045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
713 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY...SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN EXTREME NORTHERN HINDS COUNTY
ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF EDWARDS AT 710 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR bROOM 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, Jun 22, 4:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 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 36 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 30 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, 1 hour 6 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, 41 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. <<
Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:00 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
655 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 1990

635 PM CDT...LIVINGSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SUMTER COUNTY ALABAMA
             REPORTED TREE ON POWER LINE EAST OF LIVYINGSTON AND
             TREE ON HOUSE IN LIVINGSTON.

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.