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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Jackson, MS

August 30, 1990Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 1990, 1:11 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 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
Aug 30, 1990, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 1990, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne 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
Aug 30, 1:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Wayne, 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 1990-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2667 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 1990-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1276 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Aug 30, 9:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
ALZ013-301545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
948 AM CDT THU AUG 30 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 708 WHICH INCLUDES CHOCTAW COUNTY
IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT...

AT 945 PM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A LINE FROM TUSCALOOSA TO DEMOPOLIS TO
BUTLER ALABAMA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHE
OF DEMOPOLIS ALABAMA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 9:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
ALZ013-301545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
948 AM CDT THU AUG 30 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 708 WHICH INCLUDES CHOCTAW COUNTY
IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT...

AT 945 AM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A LINE FROM TUSCALOOSA TO DEMOPOLIS TO
BUTLER ALABAMA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DEMOPOLIS ALABAMA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 10:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
MSZ009-ALZ013-301655-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1055 AM CDT THU AUG 30 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 708 WHICH INCLUDES CHOCTAW COUNTY
IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT...

AT 1045 AM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GREENSBORO TO DEMOPOLIS
ALABAMA TO MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIVINGSTON ALABAMA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 12:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
MSZ009-ALZ013-301755-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1200 PM CDT THU AUG 30 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 708 WHICH INCLUDES CHOCTAW COUNTY
IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT...

AT 1145 AM CDT MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RALEIGH TO MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI
TO SELMA ALABAMA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BUTLER ALABAMA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Aug 30, 1:07 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
100 PM CDT THU AUG 30 1990

1245 PM CDT...HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
              LINES DOWN IN PACHUTA IN CLARKE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke69 min
Aug 30, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones26 min
Aug 30, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWayne34 min
Aug 30, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLamar30 min
Aug 30, 12:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw28 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.