Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1990, 6:12 PM CDT for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 1990, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 1990, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1337 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1091 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 312313 SVRMEI MSC067-010000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 612 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...JONES COUNTY AT 610 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAT OF SANDERSVILLE IN JONES COUNTY MOVING LITTLE. 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, Jul 31, 4:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
MSZALL-312215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 415 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN MANY AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI... AT 400 PM CDT...CLUSTERS OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BE DETECTED BY JACKSON RADAR OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI FROM ACKERMAN TO LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN INDICATED BETWEEN MONTICELLO AND COLUMBIA AND NORTHWEST OF MEADVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE CONTINUED TO BE QUITE INTENSE AT TIMES...PRODUCING FREQUENT FLASHES OF CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...AND EVEN SOME PEA SIZE HAIL. MOVEMENT OF STORMS WAS EAST OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...WHILE THE STORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT.
Local storm report, Jul 31, 4:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
420 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 1990
245 PM PEA SIZE HAIL AT RANKIN GENERAL HOSPITAL IN BRANDON (RANKIN
CTY)...REPORTED BY JACKSON HINDS EOC.
415 PM BOLIVAR CTY EOC REPORTED THAT A MAN HAD BEEN KILLED
BY LIGHTNING IN WEBB (TALLAHATCHIE CTY) DURING THE PAST HOUR.Special weather statement, Jul 31, 5:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 505 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 1990 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 500 PM...JACKSON RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS IN A 60 MILE WIDE AREA FROM LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA TO DE KALB MISSISSIPPI. HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED NEAR DE KALB AND IN SOUTHWEST HINDS COUNTY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
Local storm report, Jul 31, 5:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
512 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 1990
510 PM CDT ...KEMPER COUNTY S.O. REPORTS LARGE OAK TREE BLOWN DOWN
5 MILES WEST OF DEKALB, MISSISSIPPI.Special weather statement, Jul 31, 5:41 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013- ALZ004-008-013-016-312330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 540 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MANY AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI... AT 530 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM HOLLY BLUFF TO DE KALB. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM EDWARDS TO FLORA AND BETWEEN WALNUT GROVE AND DE KALB. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN HINDS AND MADISON COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTING THE JACKSON METRO AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAIN... THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
Local storm report, Jul 31, 6:07 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
605 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 1990
430 PM GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT 400 PM AT STAR IN RANKIN COUNTY.
REPORTED BY WJTV METEOROLOGIST.
430 PM DIME SIZE HAIL IN WEST JACKSON. REPORTED BY WJTV METEOROLOGIST.
OCCURRED AT 415 PM. HINDS CTY.
435 PM EST. 50 MPH WINDS AT WAPT TV IN SW JACKSON. ALSO PEA HAIL
AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. HINDS CTY. WAPT TV METEOROLOGIST.
540 PM 1.30 INCHES OF RAIN IN 20 MIN AT CARTHAGE (LEAKE CTY).
REPORTED BY LEAKE CD.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 57 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.