Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 1990, 9:53 PM CST for Grenada County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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, 9:53 PM CST (03:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 1990, 10:30 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Grenada 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, 10:10 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Grenada, 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 030354
TORJAN
MSC043-030430-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
953 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...WESTERN GRENADA
AT 950 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY CONTAINING A TORNADO
WAS INDICATED ON THE GRENADA-TALLAHATCHIE COUNTYLINE. THIS IS THE SAME
STORM THAT MOVE THROUGH SUNFLOWER COUNTY PRODUCING AT LEAST
MARBLE SIZE HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE.
USE PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR HEAD.
<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, 9:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore, Tallahatchie | 29 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.