Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 22, 1990, 4:33 AM CST for Neshoba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 22, 1990, 4:33 AM CST (10:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 1990, 5:00 AM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Neshoba County, MS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEI 221033 SVRMEI MSC099-221100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 433 AM CST SAT DEC 22 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...NESHOBA COUNTY AT 431 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF PHILADELPHIA MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. 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 WEATHER CONDITIONS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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 22, 1:58 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
MSZALL-220900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 125 AM CST SAT DEC 22 1990 AT 125 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT JACKSON INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR EDWARDS IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED DAMAGE IN THE VICKSBURG AREA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... BETWEEN GREENWOOD AND LEXINGTON...LIGHT RAINSHOWERS COVERED MOST OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Dec 22, 3:03 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
MSZALL-220945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 225 AM CST SAT DEC 22 1990 AT 225 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT JACKSON INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERYH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST WERE FROM VICKSBURG TO CANTON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS COVERED PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Dec 22, 3:12 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
MSZ009-012-221115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 312 AM CST SAT DEC 22 1990 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 787 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES WINSTON...NOXUBEE...NESHOBA...KEMPER...NEWTON...LAUDERDALE...JASPER AND JONES COUNTIES. AT 255 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A JACKSON TO ABERDEEN MISSISSIPPI LINE. ALSO THERE WERE SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN FROM BAY SPRINGS TO MACON MISSISSIPPI. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAINS IN WESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOME FLQOODING. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THEY ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE AT LEAST VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. YOU SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MORNING.
Special weather statement, Dec 22, 3:45 AM CST, 48 minutes before
MSZALL-220945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 325 AM CST SAT DEC 22 1990 AT 325 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT JACKSON INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST WERE FROM PORT GIBSON TO JUST NORTH OF CARTHAGE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Dec 22, 3:48 AM CST, 45 minutes before
MSZALL-221045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 325 AM CST SAT DEC 22 1990 AT 325 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT JACKSON INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST WERE FROM PORT GIBSON TO JUST NORTH OF CARTHAGE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Dec 22, 4:16 AM CST, 17 minutes before
MSZ009-012-221115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 415 AM CST SAT DEC 22 1990 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 787 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI IT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...WINSTON....NOXUBEE...NESHOBA... KEMPER...NEWTON...LAUDERDALE...JASPER...AND JONES. AT 409 AM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN EDINBURG AND LOUISVILLE MISSISSIPPI. THE CLUSTER WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 45 MPH OR MORE...LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS CLUSTER.
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 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, 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 |
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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.