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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Jackson, MS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 6:20 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Jasper, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 39 min |
| Feb 2, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 39 min |
| Feb 2, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 36 min |
| Feb 2, 8:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 26 min |
| Feb 2, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 30 min |
| Feb 2, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 38 min |
| Feb 2, 9:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 29 min |
| Feb 2, 9:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore, Tallahatchie | 29 min |
| Feb 2, 9:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 37 min |
| Feb 2, 10:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yalobusha | 33 min |
| Feb 2, 10:33 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 3 hr |
| Feb 2, 10:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Calhoun | 28 min |
| Feb 2, 11:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 34 min |
| Feb 3, 4:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston | 54 min |
| Feb 3, 4:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 32 min |
| Feb 3, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 35 min |
| Feb 3, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 48 min |
| Feb 3, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 45 min |
| Feb 3, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 41 min |
| Feb 3, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 50 min |
Nearby
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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.