Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1990, 12:44 AM CST for Kemper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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
- Feb 10, 1990, 12:44 AM CST (06:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1990, 1:30 AM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kemper 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 1:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Kemper, 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 nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 897 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
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
Local storm report, Feb 9, 9:25 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
925 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990
727 PM...MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT PACE...BOLIVAR CTY.
728 PM...ROOF BLOWN OFF MOBILE HOME AT MINTER CITY...LEFLORE CTY.
LEFLORE CD REPORTS DAMAGE CAUSED FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
730 PM...MINOR WIND DAMAGE AT MOORHEAD...SUNFLOWER CTY.
800 PM...WIND DAMAGE AT HOLLANDALE...WASHINGTON CTY.
820 PM...WATER VALLEY(YALOBUSHA CTY)...POWER LINES DOWN...TREES
ONa HIGHWAY 330W...TREE ON HOUSE 1 MI WEST.
830 PM...TORNADO AT BIG CREEK...CALHOUN CTY. 1 HOUSE DAMAGED.
TIMBER DAMAGE NORTH OF BRUCE. RPTD BY CALHOUN CD.Special weather statement, Feb 9, 10:01 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
MSZALL-100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER JUST WEST OF VICKSBURG AT 1000 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL OVER WARREN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY EAST. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHARKEY AND ISSAQUENA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED. THE THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENED AS THEY MOVED INTO MISSISSIPPI AND NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST MISSISSIPPI. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR AREAS NORTH OF A HOLLANDALE... GREENWOOD AND FULTON LINE. PERSONS IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ARE ADVISED TO BE EXTRA WEATHER CONSCIOUS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 10:20 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-100415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 1015 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 23 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 25 WHICH INCLUDES SUMTER COUNTY IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM SATURDAY.... AT 1015 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM VICKSBURG TO KOSCIUSKO TO COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. THE AREA WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. IF THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ITS PRESENT MOVEMENT IT WILL ENTER WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 11:04 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
MSZALL-100600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1100 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR YAZOO CITY TO JUST SOUTH OF VICKSBURG AT 1100 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND CONSIDERABLE LIGHTNING WITHIN THE PAST HOUR OVER WARREN COUNTY. SOME TREE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN NORTHEAST WARREN COUNTY AND ALSO ONE HOUSE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE HAD WINDOW DAMAGE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH HINDS...RANKIN...COPIAH... MADISON...AND CLAIBORNE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. RESIDENTS OF THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN EXTRA WEATHER CONSCIOUS AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SOUTH OF A COLUMBUS...KOSCIUSKO...TO ROLLING FORK LINE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MISSISSIPPI EXCEPT THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST.
Special weather statement, Feb 9, 11:41 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
MSZALL-100600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1140 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... AT 1135 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM KOSCIOUSKO TO JACKSON TO FAYETTE. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WITHIN THIS LINE WAS INDICATED NEAR CANTON AND ALSO IN THE JACKSON AREA. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTAIN HAIL...AND MAY PRODUCE WIND GUST7S NEAR 50 MPH AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. BEHIND THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...A NEARLY SOLID AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 12:33 AM CST, 11 minutes before
MSZALL-100700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1235 AM CST SAT FEB 10 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1230 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED ALONG A LINE FROM PHILADELPHIA TO MAGEE TO MCCOMB. THE HEAVIEST STORMS ALONG THIS LINE WERE INDICATED NEAR NEW HEBRON AND MCCOMB. THESE STORMS PROBABLY CONTAIN HAIL...AND WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN. AT 1220 AM...THE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION AT MCCOMB RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 52 MPH. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. BEHIND THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...A NEARLY SOLID AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 60 min |
| Feb 9, 11:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 56 min |
| Feb 10, 12:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 25 min |
| Feb 10, 12:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 41 min |
| Feb 10, 12:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 50 min |
| Feb 10, 12:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 40 min |
| Feb 10, 12:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 41 min |
| Feb 10, 1:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 40 min |
| Feb 10, 1:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 53 min |
| Feb 10, 1:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wayne | 43 min |
| Feb 10, 1:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sumter | 48 min |
| Feb 10, 1:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 54 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.