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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Jackson, MS

December 22, 1990Warren County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 22, 1990, 12:58 AM CST for Warren County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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 22, 1990, 12:58 AM CST (06:58 UTC)
Expired
Dec 22, 1990, 1:30 AM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Warren 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
Dec 22, 1:05 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Warren, 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 220658
SVRJAN
MSC149-220730-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1258 AM CST SAT DEC 22 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 1255 AM CST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 5
MILES SOUTH OF VICKSBURG. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH AND WILL BE IN THE VICKSBURG AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 MINUTES.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
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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, 8:42 PM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
MSZALL-210330-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
840 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990

NO TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSPPI. THE TORNADO WATCH 784 AND 785 WILL EXPIRE
AT 9 PM CST. ANOTHER WATCH MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED...SO STAY TUNED.

DEATH AND INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
ONE IS KNOWN DEAD IN BELZONI WHILE ANOTHER CONFIRMED DEATH AS BEEN
REPORTED IN VAIDEN IN SOUTHEAST CARROLL COUNTY. AT LEAST 20 INJURIES
HAVE OCCURRED IN VAIDEN.

MAJOR DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED ACROSS PARTS OF LEFLORE...CARROLL AND
HUMPHREYS COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 9:11 PM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
MSZALL-210400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
908 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990

TORNADO WATCH 784 AND 785 ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS
ARE STILL OCCURRING .

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI. AT 907 PM CST...THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLLY
BLUFF...AND TO THE NORTHWEST OF VICKSBURG. OTER STORMS WERE NEAR BETWEEN
CARTHAGE AND KOSCIUSKO.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE
THE STRONGEST STORMS ACROSS ISSAQUENA...SHARKEY...HUMPHREYS...YAZOO AND
HOLMES COUNTIES. YOU CAN EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH.

DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN THE PAST TWO DAYS...YOU CAN EXPECT SOME FLOODING
OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
Local storm report, Dec 21, 9:51 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
950 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990

915-940 PM CST...WINSTON COUNTY C.D. REPORTS PEA SIZED HAIL
              NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
              DOWN AND WIND GUSTS TO 55-60 MPH.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 10:03 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
MSZALL-210500-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1000 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

AT 10 PM CST...THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED ACROSS YAZOO AND HOLMES COUNTIES. OTHER STORMS
WERE DEPARTING ATTALA AND LEAKE COUNTIES AND MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

THE STORMS OVER YAZOO AND HOLMES COUNTIES WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
MADISON...ATTALA...AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 60
MINUTES. THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR.

DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN THE PAST TWO DAYS...YOU CAN EXPECT SOME FLOODING
OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 10:49 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
MSZALL-210530-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1045 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INTENSIFIED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

AT 1045 PM CST...WEATHR SERVICE RADAR AT JACKSON INDICATED AN
INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN HOLMES COUNTY NEAR DURANT MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORM
ACROSS SECTIONS OF ATTALA...CARROLL AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES DURING THE
NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
...AND WIND GUSTS CLOSE TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. FLOODING OF STREETS AND
LOW LYING AREAS MAY ALSO OCCUR.

OTHERWISE PATCHY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERED MOST OF THE NORTHM
AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE
NIGHT.
Local storm report, Dec 21, 11:18 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1115 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990

940 PM CST...WINSTON COUNTY C. D. REPORTS THREE HOUSES WITH
             TREES ON THEM JUST NORTH OF LOUISVILLE MISSISfSIPPI.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 21, 6:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Yazoo56 min
Dec 21, 6:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANGrenada, Montgomery51 min
Dec 21, 6:58 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCalhoun47 min
Dec 21, 7:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLeflore3 hr
Dec 21, 7:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMadison45 min
Dec 21, 7:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake32 min
Dec 21, 8:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston69 min
Dec 22, 2:49 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANWarren116 min
Dec 22, 4:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba27 min
Dec 22, 5:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWinston28 min
Dec 22, 10:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson25 min
Dec 22, 10:42 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSimpson, Smith48 min
Dec 22, 10:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton55 min
Dec 22, 10:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton63 min
Dec 22, 11:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba64 min
Dec 22, 12:23 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMarion, Walthall37 min
Dec 22, 12:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton62 min
Dec 22, 12:39 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar51 min
Dec 22, 12:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest33 min
Dec 22, 1:13 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJones62 min
Dec 22, 1:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale35 min
Dec 22, 1:28 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest17 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.