Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 21, 1990, 7:30 PM CST for Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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
- Dec 21, 1990, 7:30 PM CST (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 1990, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 7:32 PM CST | Tornado F3 | Madison, 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 text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 220130 SVRJAN MSC089-220215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 730 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...MADISON COUNTY AT 725 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN HINDS COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY BETWEEN FLORA AND MADISON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNAD OES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. <
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, Dec 21, 3:10 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-212300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 310 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 784 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...JASPER...NESHOBA... NEWTON...WINSTON...JONES. AT 300 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR VICKSBURG TO NEAR UNION TO NEAR LOUISVILLE MIQSSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 4:09 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
MSZALL-LAZ004-006-212315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 409 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI... AT 405 PM A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED JUST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF NATCHEZ. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCE DAMAGE IN LOUISIANA. IT IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND SHOULD CROSS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO FAYETTE COUNTY AND THEN TRACK TOWARD PORT GIBSON. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY REQUIRE A WARNING SO PEOPLE IN FAYETTE AND CLAIBORNE COUNTIES SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO NOAA RADIO OR THEIR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 7:06 PM CST, 24 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-220300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 710 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 784 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...JASPER...NESHOBA... NEWTON...WINSTON...JONES. AT 700 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. ALSO, RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR JACKSON TO NEAR HOUSTON MISSISSIPPI. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 7:08 PM CST, 22 minutes before
MSZALL-220300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 703PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 ...MAJOR DAMAGE ACROSS SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY... REPORTS FROM SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY INDICATE MAJOR DAMAGE ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE VAIDEN AREA. THE CARROLL COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE HAS REQUESTED THAT PEOPLE AVOID THIS AREA FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. RESCUE PERSONNEL NEED TO GET INTO THE AREA TO HELP THE INJURED AND CLEAR DEBRIS. AS OF 7 PM...THERE HAS BEEN ONE CONFIRMED DEATH IN VAIDEN AND SEVERAL INJURIES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 6:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Yazoo | 56 min |
| Dec 21, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Dec 21, 6:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Calhoun | 47 min |
| Dec 21, 7:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leflore | 3 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 32 min |
| Dec 21, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 69 min |
| Dec 22, 12:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 32 min |
| Dec 22, 2:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Warren | 116 min |
| Dec 22, 4:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 27 min |
| Dec 22, 5:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 28 min |
| Dec 22, 10:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 25 min |
| Dec 22, 10:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 48 min |
| Dec 22, 10:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 55 min |
| Dec 22, 10:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 63 min |
| Dec 22, 11:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 64 min |
| Dec 22, 12:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion, Walthall | 37 min |
| Dec 22, 12:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 62 min |
| Dec 22, 12:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 51 min |
| Dec 22, 12:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 33 min |
| Dec 22, 1:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 62 min |
| Dec 22, 1:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Dec 22, 1:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 17 min |
Nearby
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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.