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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS

February 10, 1990Winston County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1990, 12:05 AM CST for Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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 10, 1990, 12:05 AM CST (06:05 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 1990, 12:30 AM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Winston 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 10, 12:25 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Winston, 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 00:00Z on 1990-02-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 984 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1990-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 100606
SVRMEI
MSC159-100630-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1205 AM CST SAT FEB 10 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
          ...WINSTON
 
AT 1205 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LOUISVILLE MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WZEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 9, 9:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey60 min
Feb 9, 11:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Rankin56 min
Feb 10, 12:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba41 min
Feb 10, 12:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton50 min
Feb 10, 12:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper40 min
Feb 10, 12:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper46 min
Feb 10, 12:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale41 min
Feb 10, 1:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke40 min
Feb 10, 1:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones53 min
Feb 10, 1:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWayne43 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.