Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Jackson, MS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 5:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Clarke, 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.
- 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
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.
CSpecial 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 67 min |
| May 12, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 40 min |
| May 12, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 35 min |
| May 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 45 min |
| May 12, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 45 min |
| May 12, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 33 min |
| May 12, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 29 min |
| May 12, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 30 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.