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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Jackson, MS

February 3, 1990Jasper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 3, 1990, 5:57 PM CST for Jasper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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, 5:57 PM CST (23:57 UTC)
Expired
Feb 3, 1990, 6:45 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Jasper 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, 6:20 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Jasper, 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 1990-02-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 152 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 1990-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
314 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 040002
SVRMEI
MSC061-040045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
557 PM CST SAT FEB 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
          ...JASPER
 
AT 556 PM CST RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM BAY
SPRINGS SOUTH TO STRINGER MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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 3, 3:26 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
MSZ013-031800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
330 PM CST SAT FEB 3 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMER 16 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST...

AT 325 PM CST...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER-
STORMS FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT GIBSON TO NEAR PICKENS.

STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST 5 MILES SDUTH OF UTICA...AND
NEAR PICKENS.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LO;CATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF PRENTISS IN
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY.

ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND...HEAVY RAIN
...AND SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 3:56 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before
MSZALL-032230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
355 PM CST SAT FEB 3 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 16 NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A
OXFORD TO VICKSBURG LINE...

AT 350 PM...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.  SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH 16 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A OXFORD TO
VICKSBURG LINE...BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PMY ELSEWHERE OVER
MISSISSIPPI.

IT APPEARS THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS SHIFTING INTO THE
EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 4:14 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
MSZALL-032230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
410 PM CST SAT FEB 3 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 16 NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A
OXFORD TO VICKSBURG LINE...BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE UNTIL 8 PM.

AT 405 PM...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL...SOUTHERN...AND PORTIONS OF OUR NORTH-
EAST COUNTIES.

STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE  LoOCATED OVER JACKSON...NEAR TAYLORSVILLE
NEAR CARTHAGE AND NEAR PHILADELPHIA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 4:33 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
MSZALL-032230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
435 PM CST SAT FEB 3 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 16 NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A
OXFORD TO VICKSBURG LINE...BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE UNTIL 8 PM.

AT 425 PM...A LARGE BAND OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
TO MOVE EAST...COVERING A LARGE PART OF THE STATE.

STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR JACKSON...NEAR TAYLORSVILLE
...15 MILES NORTHEAST OF VICKSBURG...AND JUST NORTHEAST OF PHILADELPHIA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 5:02 PM CST, 55 minutes before
MSZALL-032230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
505 PM CST SAT FEB 3 1990

AT 500 PM...A LARGE BAND OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
TO COVER A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI.

STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR  RAYMOND...15 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF YAZOO CITY...10 MILES EAST OF BAY SRINGS...AND ABOUT 10 MILES EAST
OF COLUMBIA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 5:43 PM CST, 14 minutes before
MSZALL-040030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
535 PM CST SAT FEB 3 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 16 NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A
CORINTH TO STARKVILLE TO CANTON TO NATCHEZ LINE...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES 16 AND 17 STILL IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

AT 535 PM...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR A UNION TO FOREST TO
PRENTISS LINE...WITH OTHER STRONG STORMS EAST AND SOUTHWEST OF
HATTIESBURG.

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM MCCOMB
TO JACKSON AND WESTWARD TO NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

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, 4:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar, Marion35 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

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.