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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Jackson, MS

May 12, 1990Clarke County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1990, 5:26 PM CDT for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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
May 12, 1990, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 1990, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Clarke 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 12, 5:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Clarke, 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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1990-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1990-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 122227 RRA
SVRMEI
MSC023-122300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
526 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...CLARKE COUNTY
 
AT 525 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF QUITMAN
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED SMALL HAIL
ABOUT 15 MINUTES AGO.
 
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.

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, May 12, 1:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
MSZ001-002-003-004-006-008-010-121900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
130 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 219 REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 130 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS  WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
EXTENDED FORM VICKSBURG MISSISSIPPI TO TO JENA IN EAST LOUISIANA.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VICKSBURG.

AT 145 PM PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...TORRENTAIL RAIN...AND VERY STRONG
WINDS WERE REPORTED BY THE VICKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 145 PM.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 12, 2:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-122100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
 230 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 219 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

AT 220 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
AND PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A COLUMBUS TO
DURANT TO PORT GIBSON LINE.

THE AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

ALL LIVING IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT
AS SEVERE WEATHER IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON.

                                         C
Special weather statement, May 12, 2:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
MSZ001>004-006-008-010-011-122100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
240 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 219 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 235 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
EXTENDED FROM NATCHEZ TO HOLLY BLUFF. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED
FROM LORMAN TO EDWARDS. STORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS. AREAS OF STREET AND HIGHWAY FLOODING HAVE OCCURED WITH
THESE STORMS WITH VICKSBURG AND GREENVILLE REPORTING FLOODING OF
LOW-LYING AREAS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND WILL TRACK OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PLEASE REMAIN ALERT TO
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS[.
Special weather statement, May 12, 4:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-122300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
405 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 219 CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
ALL OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

AT 400 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAIN AND WIDELY
SCATERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A MACON TO EDINBURG
TO DECATUR TO MONTICELLO LINE.  ALSO THERE WAS A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR FOREST TO NEW HERBON.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.

THOSE OF YOU IN NEWTON...JASPER AND JONES COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN
THE NEXT HOUR OR BY 505 PM CDT.
Special weather statement, May 12, 5:02 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-130000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
500 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 219 CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
ALL OF EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

AT 455 PM RADAR SHOWED A SOLID LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT
EXTENDED FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN TO 36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MERIDIAN.

THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THOSE OF YOU IN LAUDERDALE AND CLARKE COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI SHOULD EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL
HAIL AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO START IN THE NEXT 10 TO 40 MINUTES
OR FROM 510 TO 550 PM CDT.
Special weather statement, May 12, 5:10 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
MSZ001>004-006-008-010-011-122100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
500 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 219 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 500 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
EXTENDED FROM MERIDIAN TO COLLINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED
FROM BAY SPRINGS TO TAYLORSVILLE. STORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS. AREAS OF STREET AND HIGHWAY FLOODING HAVE OCCURED WITH
THESE STORMS WITH VICKSBURG AND GREENVILLE REPORTING FLOODING OF
LOW-LYING AREAS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND WILL TRACK OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PLEASE REMAIN ALERT TO
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWarren67 min
May 12, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah40 min
May 12, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne35 min
May 12, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds45 min
May 12, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin, Simpson45 min
May 12, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis33 min
May 12, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis29 min
May 12, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington30 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.