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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 1990, 9:31 PM CST for Leflore County, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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 2, 1990, 9:31 PM CST (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 1990, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Leflore County, MS, Tallahatchie 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 2, 9:35 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Leflore, 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KJAN 030332
TORJAN
MSC083-135-030400-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
931 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...NORTHERN LEFLORE
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
...TALLAHATCHIE
AT 930 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY CONTAINING A TORNADO
WAS INDICATED OVER NORTHERN LEFLORE COUNTY NEAR SUNNYSIDE. THIS STORM
HAS HELD TOGETHER FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS AND IS STILL DANGEROUS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR TOWARDS TALLAHATCHIE
COUNTY.
SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR APARTMENT. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD FROM FLYING
DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS.
<The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 39 min |
| Feb 2, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 39 min |
| Feb 2, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 36 min |
| Feb 2, 8:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 26 min |
| Feb 2, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 30 min |
| Feb 2, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 38 min |
| Feb 2, 9:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 29 min |
| Feb 2, 9:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 37 min |
| Feb 2, 10:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yalobusha | 33 min |
| Feb 2, 10:33 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 3 hr |
| Feb 2, 10:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Calhoun | 28 min |
| Feb 2, 11:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 34 min |
| Feb 3, 4:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston | 54 min |
| Feb 3, 4:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 32 min |
| Feb 3, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 35 min |
| Feb 3, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 48 min |
| Feb 3, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 45 min |
| Feb 3, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 41 min |
| Feb 3, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Feb 3, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 48 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.