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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 1990, 10:49 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 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 15, 1990, 10:49 PM CST (04:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 1990, 11:15 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lauderdale 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 15, 11:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Lauderdale, 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
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, Feb 15, 9:18 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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MSZALL-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY ...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 935 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 42 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH EAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 AM... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 39 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 40 REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO OXFORD TO RIPLEY... AT 925 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM PONTOTOC TO HOLLY BLUFF AND EXTENDED INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH WHILE STORM MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM INDEPENDENCE LOUISIANA TO MERIDIAN WAS ALSO MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. STORMS HAD INTENSIFIED OVER THE PAST 30 MINUTES AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR LAUREL..SANDY HOOKS AND ENON LOUISIANA. SCATTERED THUNDERSRTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE STATE MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..STRONG WIND AND DANGEROUS HAIL. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 10:07 PM CST, 42 minutes before
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MSZALL-160500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1040 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 42 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH EAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 AM... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 40 REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO OXFORD TO RIPLEY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 1025 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM PURVIS TO SHUBUTA TO NEAR MERIDIAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH AND WERE ASSOCIATED WITH DAMAGING WIND..LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR PURVIS HAD RESULTED IN DOWNED TREES IN THE AREA. LINE MOVEMENT WAS NEAR 10 MPH. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DECREASING IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY AND WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR HOLLY BLUFF TO TUPELO. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI FROM VICKSBURG TO JACKSON TO COLUMBIA AND EXTENDED INTO EASTERN LOUISIANA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 6:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Washington | 25 min |
| Feb 15, 6:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 36 min |
| Feb 15, 6:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada, Tallahatchie | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 6:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 6:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 6:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Kemper | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 7:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yalobusha | 34 min |
| Feb 15, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 31 min |
| Feb 15, 7:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Newton | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 7:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey | 27 min |
| Feb 15, 8:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 8:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 51 min |
| Feb 15, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 26 min |
| Feb 15, 10:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 48 min |
| Feb 15, 10:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 27 min |
| Feb 15, 11:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wayne | 53 min |
| Feb 16, 12:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 26 min |
| Feb 16, 12:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 33 min |
| Feb 16, 12:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 31 min |
| Feb 16, 12:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 31 min |
| Feb 16, 12:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 45 min |
| Feb 16, 12:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 13 min |
| Feb 16, 12:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 53 min |
| Feb 16, 5:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 25 min |
| Feb 15, 10:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sumter | 52 min |
| Feb 16, 4:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Sumter | 4 hr |
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.