Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 9, 1990, 11:19 PM CST for Hinds County, Rankin County, Mississippi. It was in force for 56 min. 4 reports 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 9, 1990, 11:19 PM CST (05:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1990, 12:15 AM CST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hinds County, MS, Rankin 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 9, 11:25 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hinds, MS | |
| Feb 9, 11:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hinds, MS | |
| Feb 9, 11:40 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Rankin, MS | |
| Feb 9, 11:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hinds, 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 984 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KJAN 100520
SVRJAN
MSC049-121-100615-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1119 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...HINDS...RANKIN
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN HINDS COUNTY AT 1115
PM. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE RAYMOND AREA.
LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST EAST OF EDWARDS AT 1115 PM.
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT
MOVED THROUGH WARREN COUNTY BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN
CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
<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 9, 8:32 PM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-100320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 830 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 23 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 830 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. A LARGE AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM TUPELO TO YAZOO CITY MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 8:48 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
MSZALL-100235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 830 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALONG AND NORTH A HATTIESBURG TO WAYNESBORO LINE FOR TONIGHT... AT 825 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS THE DELTA FROM GREENWOOD TO ROLLING FORK...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS LOCATED NEAR HOLLANDALE AND NEAR ITTA BENA. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUNG LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION...MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED MARBLE TO ONE INCH SIZE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS JUST NORTHEAST OF MONROE NEAR BASTROP. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO MISSISSIPPI AROUND THE GREENVILLE AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT6 AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Local storm report, Feb 9, 9:25 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
925 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990
727 PM...MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT PACE...BOLIVAR CTY.
728 PM...ROOF BLOWN OFF MOBILE HOME AT MINTER CITY...LEFLORE CTY.
LEFLORE CD REPORTS DAMAGE CAUSED FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
730 PM...MINOR WIND DAMAGE AT MOORHEAD...SUNFLOWER CTY.
800 PM...WIND DAMAGE AT HOLLANDALE...WASHINGTON CTY.
820 PM...WATER VALLEY(YALOBUSHA CTY)...POWER LINES DOWN...TREES
ONa HIGHWAY 330W...TREE ON HOUSE 1 MI WEST.
830 PM...TORNADO AT BIG CREEK...CALHOUN CTY. 1 HOUSE DAMAGED.
TIMBER DAMAGE NORTH OF BRUCE. RPTD BY CALHOUN CD.Special weather statement, Feb 9, 10:01 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
MSZALL-100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER JUST WEST OF VICKSBURG AT 1000 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL OVER WARREN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY EAST. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHARKEY AND ISSAQUENA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED. THE THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENED AS THEY MOVED INTO MISSISSIPPI AND NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST MISSISSIPPI. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR AREAS NORTH OF A HOLLANDALE... GREENWOOD AND FULTON LINE. PERSONS IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ARE ADVISED TO BE EXTRA WEATHER CONSCIOUS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 10:20 PM CST, 59 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-100415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1015 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 23 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25 WHICH INCLUDES SUMTER COUNTY IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM SATURDAY.... AT 1015 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM VICKSBURG TO KOSCIUSKO TO COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. THE AREA WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. IF THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ITS PRESENT MOVEMENT IT WILL ENTER WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 11:04 PM CST, 15 minutes before
MSZALL-100600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1100 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR YAZOO CITY TO JUST SOUTH OF VICKSBURG AT 1100 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND CONSIDERABLE LIGHTNING WITHIN THE PAST HOUR OVER WARREN COUNTY. SOME TREE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN NORTHEAST WARREN COUNTY AND ALSO ONE HOUSE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE HAD WINDOW DAMAGE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH HINDS...RANKIN...COPIAH... MADISON...AND CLAIBORNE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. RESIDENTS OF THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN EXTRA WEATHER CONSCIOUS AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SOUTH OF A COLUMBUS...KOSCIUSKO...TO ROLLING FORK LINE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 60 min |
| Feb 10, 12:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 25 min |
| Feb 10, 12:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 41 min |
| Feb 10, 12:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 50 min |
| Feb 10, 12:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 40 min |
| Feb 10, 12:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 46 min |
| Feb 10, 12:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 41 min |
| Feb 10, 1:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 40 min |
| Feb 10, 1:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 53 min |
| Feb 10, 1:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wayne | 43 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.