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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Jackson, MS

December 21, 1990Sharkey County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 21, 1990, 2:00 PM CST for Sharkey County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 1990, 2:00 PM CST (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Dec 21, 1990, 2:30 PM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Sharkey 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 1990-12-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 572 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 1990-12-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 248 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
572 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 211959
TORJAN
MSC125-212030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
200 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SHARKEY COUNTY
 
AT 200 PM CST...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHWESTERN SHARKEY COUNTY. THIS IS THE SAME STORM THAT REPORTEDLY
SPAWNED A TORNADO NEAR TALLULAH...LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF
NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 21, 1:01 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Yazoo44 min
Dec 21, 1:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington28 min
Dec 21, 1:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll31 min
Dec 21, 1:55 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWashington35 min
Dec 21, 2:07 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Warren53 min
Dec 21, 2:18 PM CSTTornado WarningJANGrenada, Montgomery42 min
Dec 21, 2:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower29 min
Dec 21, 2:44 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCalhoun, Yalobusha31 min
Dec 21, 2:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore, Tallahatchie30 min
Dec 21, 2:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys39 min
Dec 21, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWarren, Yazoo45 min
Dec 21, 3:10 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys35 min
Dec 21, 3:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Leflore35 min
Dec 21, 3:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo44 min
Dec 21, 3:46 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes44 min
Dec 21, 3:55 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Grenada50 min
Dec 21, 4:02 PM CSTTornado WarningJANIssaquena13 min
Dec 21, 4:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSharkey, Washington29 min
Dec 21, 4:25 PM CSTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Warren50 min
Dec 21, 4:26 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson49 min
Dec 21, 4:32 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHolmes43 min
Dec 21, 4:47 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCalhoun, Grenada43 min
Dec 21, 4:52 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Sunflower53 min
Dec 21, 4:59 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWarren46 min
Dec 21, 5:07 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Montgomery53 min
Dec 21, 5:36 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCalhoun, Webster54 min
Dec 21, 5:41 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll49 min
Dec 21, 5:46 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWarren44 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.