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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS Jackson, MS

December 22, 1990Winston County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 22, 1990, 5:02 AM CST for Winston County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 1990, 5:02 AM CST (11:02 UTC)
Expired
Dec 22, 1990, 5:30 AM CST
In force
28 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.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 3:12 AM CST, 1 hour 50 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, 1 hour 17 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, 1 hour 14 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, 46 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.
Special weather statement, Dec 22, 4:44 AM CST, 18 minutes before
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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, 12:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren32 min
Dec 22, 2:49 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANWarren116 min
Dec 22, 4:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba27 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

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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.