Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1990, 1:07 AM CST for Jones County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 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, 1:07 AM CST (07:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1990, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones 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, 1:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Jones, 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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 984 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMEI 100707
SVRMEI
MSC067-100800-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
107 AM CST SAT FEB 10 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...JONES
AT 105 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF LAUREL
MISSISSIPPI MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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.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, Feb 9, 10:01 PM CST, 3 hours 6 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 47 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, 2 hours 3 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 26 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, 34 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.
Local storm report, Feb 10, 12:47 AM CST, 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1245 AM CST SAT FEB 10 1990
1225 AM CST...WINSTON COUNTY C.D. REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
IN LOUISVILLE MISSISSIPPI.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, 12:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 46 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, 1:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wayne | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.