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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 15, 1990, 12:52 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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 15, 1990, 12:52 PM CST (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 1990, 1:30 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lauderdale 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 15, 12:52 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Lauderdale, 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMEI 151854 RRA
TORMEI
MSC075-151930-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1252 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...LAUDERDALE
AT 1251 PM CST RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 9:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 33 min |
| Feb 15, 10:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 34 min |
| Feb 15, 10:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 35 min |
| Feb 15, 10:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Feb 15, 10:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 33 min |
| Feb 15, 10:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 48 min |
| Feb 15, 11:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 27 min |
| Feb 15, 11:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 60 min |
| Feb 15, 12:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 2 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 33 min |
| Feb 15, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 35 min |
| Feb 15, 12:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 45 min |
| Feb 15, 12:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Amite | 50 min |
| Feb 15, 12:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 31 min |
| Feb 15, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| Feb 15, 1:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 24 min |
| Feb 15, 1:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 51 min |
| Feb 15, 1:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 1:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 27 min |
| Feb 15, 1:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 48 min |
| Feb 15, 1:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Pike | 18 min |
| Feb 15, 1:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 31 min |
| Feb 15, 2:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Feb 15, 2:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 25 min |
| Feb 15, 2:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 49 min |
| Feb 15, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 38 min |
| Feb 15, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 23 min |
| Feb 15, 2:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Smith | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 54 min |
| Feb 15, 3:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 49 min |
| Feb 15, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 46 min |
| Feb 15, 4:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 29 min |
| Feb 15, 4:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 31 min |
| Feb 15, 4:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 39 min |
| Feb 15, 5:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 27 min |
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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.