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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Jackson, MS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 12:25 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Winston, 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.
- 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 60 min |
| Feb 9, 11:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 56 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 |
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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.