Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 1990, 11:07 PM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 1990, 11:07 PM CST (05:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1990, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, MS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1079 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMEI 160508
SVRMEI
MSC153-160600-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1107 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...WAYNE
AT 1107 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.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 49 minutes before
MSZALL-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 910 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990 ...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 900 PM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM PONCHATOULA LOUISIANA TO MERIDIAN. THESE STORMS HAD INTENSIFIED OVER THE PAST HOUR AS THEY MOVED INTO WARM AIR OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY NEAR SANDY HOOK AND COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AS IT DEVELOPS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI WAS LOCATED FROM HOLLY BLUFF TO BELZONI TO NEAR TUPELO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THIS LINE WAS LOCATED OVER BELZONI. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE STATE MAY P/RODUCE 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, 9:38 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
MSZALL-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY 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 HATTIESBURG..SANDY HOOKS AND ENON LOUISIANA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINOUED 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, 9:39 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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, 1 hour before
MSZALL-160500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1000 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 HAS EXPIRED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 40 REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE TO OXFORD TO RIPLEY... AT 1000 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM ENON LOUISIANA TO NEAR MERIDIAN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED NEAR POPLARVILLE AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED NEAR HATTIESBURG AND LAUREL. HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THESE WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR HOLLY BLUFF TO TUPELO AND HAD BEGUN TO WEAKEN. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS COULD INTENSIFY AS THE LINE DRIFTS EASTWARD. RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMSp SHOULD ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER WHEN NECESSARY.
Local storm report, Feb 15, 10:35 PM CST, 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1034 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990
AT 1015 PM CLARKE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTS THREE-QUARTER INCH HAIL
5 NORTHWEST OF QUITMAN MISSISSIPPI.Special weather statement, Feb 15, 10:46 PM CST, 21 minutes before
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, 10:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 26 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 |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.