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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Jackson, MS

December 21, 1990Winston County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 21, 1990, 8:36 PM CST for Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 69 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, 8:36 PM CST (02:36 UTC)
Expired: Dec 21, 1990, 9:45 PM CST
In force: 69 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
Dec 21, 9:15 PM 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 text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 220237
SVRMEI
MSC159-220345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
836 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...WINSTON COUNTY
 
AT 835 PM CST MERIDIAN RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 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
RAPIDLYu 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, 5 hours 26 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, 4 hours 27 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, 1 hour 30 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, 1 hour 28 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.

Local storm report, Dec 21, 8:26 PM CST, 10 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
820 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990

  TIME           PLACE                            EVENT
220-225 PM    SUNFLOWER COUNTY...A FEW ROOFS TAKEN OFF...WINDOWS IN
              STORES AND CARS BROKEN...POWER LINES DOWN. ALL DAMAGE
              OCCURRED AROUND THE TOWN OF SUNFLOWER /20W GWO/.
              STORM PRODUCED WINDS 70-75 MPH AND PEA-SIZE HAIL. REPORT
              FROM SUNFLOWER COUNTY EOC.

UNKNOWN      CARROLL COUNTY...MAJOR DAMAGE ACROSS SOUTHERNPART OF COUNTY
             ESPECIALLY AROUND VAIDEN. ONE CONFIRMED DEAD AND AT LEAST
             10 INJURED. INJURED TAKEN TO WINONA HOSPITAL.

UNKNOWN      HUMPHREYS COUNTY...ONE DEATH CONFIRMED IN BELZONI.
             CIRCUMSTANCES UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
            <
544 PM         MISSISSIPPI EMA REPORTED 70 MPH WINDS ACROSS THE CITY
               OF VICKSBURG.

552 PM         GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT VICKSBURG AIRPORT. REPORT FROM
               VICKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT.

518 PM          COOP OBSERVER REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES
                SOUTHEAST OF WINONA /MONTGOMERY COUNTY/.

340 PM          CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE NEAR MORGAN CITY AND AROUND SWIFTON
                /13 SW GWO. REPORT FROM LEFLORE/GREENWOOD CD.

600 PM          TREES BLOWN DOWN AT OAK RIDGE /35W JAN/ IN NORTHERN
                 WARREN COUNTY. REPORT FROM MISSISSIPPI EMA.

617 PM          REPORT FROM HAM VIA TUPELO WEATHER SERVICE. 18 WHEELER
                BLOWN OFF INTERSTATE 55 JUST W OF GRENADA /30NE GWO/.

UNKNOWN         WEATHER FORECASTER AT GREENVILLE TV STATION REPORTED AT
                743 PM ONE HOUSE DESTROYED...ONE TRACTOR SHED DESTROYED...
         i       3 HOUSES MAJOR DAMAGE IN HOLCOMB...WESTERN GRENADA
                COUNTY /20NE GWO/.

800 PM        SEVERAL TREES DOWN HIGHWAY 51 3-5 MILES NORTH CANTON
              /20N JAN/. REPORT FROM MISSISSIPPI EMA.

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, 7:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	45 min
Dec 21, 7:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Leake	32 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.