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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Dec 21, 1990, 6:58 PM CST for Calhoun County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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
- Dec 21, 1990, 6:58 PM CST (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 1990, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Calhoun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 7:10 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Calhoun, 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 text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KJAN 220058 TORJAN MSC013-220145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 658 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...CALHOUN COUNTY AT 655 PM CST...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS BEING INDICATED OVER CALHOUN COUNTY NEAR CALHOUN CITY. THIS STORM REPORTEDLY DID DAMAGE JUST SOUTH OF GRENADA WITHIN THE PAST 10 MINUTES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 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. <
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Dec 21, 3:10 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
MSZ009-012-ALZ008-013-212300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS 310 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 784 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...JASPER...NESHOBA... NEWTON...WINSTON...JONES. AT 300 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR VICKSBURG TO NEAR UNION TO NEAR LOUISVILLE MIQSSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 4:09 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
MSZALL-LAZ004-006-212315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 409 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI... AT 405 PM A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED JUST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF NATCHEZ. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCE DAMAGE IN LOUISIANA. IT IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND SHOULD CROSS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO FAYETTE COUNTY AND THEN TRACK TOWARD PORT GIBSON. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY REQUIRE A WARNING SO PEOPLE IN FAYETTE AND CLAIBORNE COUNTIES SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO NOAA RADIO OR THEIR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 6:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Yazoo | 56 min |
| Dec 21, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Dec 21, 7:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leflore | 3 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 45 min |
| Dec 21, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 32 min |
| Dec 21, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 69 min |
| Dec 22, 12:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 32 min |
| Dec 22, 2:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Warren | 116 min |
| Dec 22, 4:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 27 min |
| Dec 22, 5:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 28 min |
| Dec 22, 10:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 25 min |
| Dec 22, 10:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 48 min |
| Dec 22, 10:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 55 min |
| Dec 22, 10:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 63 min |
| Dec 22, 11:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 64 min |
| Dec 22, 12:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion, Walthall | 37 min |
| Dec 22, 12:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 62 min |
| Dec 22, 12:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 51 min |
| Dec 22, 12:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 33 min |
| Dec 22, 1:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 62 min |
| Dec 22, 1:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Dec 22, 1:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 17 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.